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Chaos ensued after the police encountered a gunman in a thickly wooded area on Tuesday.

Police are trying to find a motive today behind a shooting on the city's east side Monday night that killed three people and wounded one. According to Detroit Police 2nd Deputy Chief John Roach, the incident occurred at about 9 pm at home in ...

Three women were shot to death in East St. Louis as they sat in a car with two children.

A five-year-old boy from Wiltshire dies in hospital after being shot with an air rifle, police confirm.

Alonzo Heyward carried a rifle around his low-rent neighborhood one day last month, ranting about suicide and ignoring the pleas of friends for hours before six Chattanooga police officers surrounded him on his front porch and decided it had to end.

Seven suspects plead not guilty to first-degree murder charges in the slaying of a Florida couple who adopted 13 children, many with special needs.

He felt lonely, said he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984. He said his father didn't love him. And he detailed plans to kill young women. George Sodini, the 48-year-old man police blame for killing three women and wounding 10 others in a suburban Pittsburgh gym, left behind an online diary of his thoughts as he planned his attack.

A man has been arrested in connection with the July shooting death of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest, Atlanta police said Tuesday night.

A man opened fire on a crowd at a gay community center in Tel Aviv, killing three people.

Police are investigating multiple shootings reported at a Texas Southern University event.