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Latest news: Gun violence

‘Multiple people injured’ at Texas mall shooting

Police are responding to a shooting at a busy suburban Dallas mall that has left multiple people injured, authorities say.

US bank employee shoots four dead, livestreams attack

A bank employee armed with a rifle has shot dead four colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace while livestreaming the attack in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.

Six-year-old boy detained after shooting teacher in USA

Police have detained a six-year-old boy after a female teacher was shot and wounded at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

Four killed, three wounded in Memphis shooting spree

Four people are dead and three wounded after a 19-year old man went on a shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee.

Shooting at top Philippine university kills three

Three people including a former mayor have died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines.

Fifteen dead in South Africa tavern shooting

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition.

Denmark shopping mall shooting not terror attack: police

Danish police believe a shopping mall shooting that left three people dead and four others seriously wounded was not terror-related.

Gunman, 70, kills three at Alabama church

A 70-year-old man has shot and killed three elderly people with a handgun during a dinner at an Alabama church where he occasionally attended services, police say.

Masses rally against gun violence in US

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Washington and at rallies across the US to call for laws limiting gun ownership after recent mass shootings.

Donald Trump urges end to gun-free school zones in USA

The United States should make it easier to confine "deranged" people and eliminate gun-free school zones after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers this week at a Texas school, former president Donald Trump says.

US Senate Republicans block gun policy debate

A first attempt by Democrats to respond to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the US Senate.

Texas school shooting deaths rise to 21

A mass shooting at a primary school in the US state of Texas has left at least 18 children and three adults dead, with the teenage suspect also losing his life.

Ten dead in racially motivated US shooting at Buffalo grocery store

An 18-year-old gunman has fatally shot 10 people and wounded three others at a grocery store in a black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, before surrendering.

US South Carolina shopping mall shooting injures 12

Ten people have been shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina's capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.

17-year-old boy charged over fatal shooting of NYC schoolgirl

A teenager has been charged over the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from school when she was hit by a stray bullet during a street dispute in New York City.

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