Guns in America

Three teachers went to administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News on Jan. 6 warning that the boy may have had a gun, the attorney representing the wounded teacher, Abigail Zwerner, has alleged.

The report also documents a spike in the use of conversion devices that make semi-automatic guns fire like machine guns.

Joseph Jones, 32, was fatally shot by an Omaha, Nebraska, police officer after he opened fire in a Target on Tuesday. No one else was hurt.

Police said the man shot three people in a rampage that began on a bus and ended in a Metro tunnel.

A Democratic amendment to ban firearms from the hearing room for the GOP-led House Natural Resources Committee sparked a contentious debate Wednesday.

People fired from a sedan in the shooting Monday afternoon in Lakeland, east of Tampa, the police chief said.

Authorities say Chunli Zhao, 66, shot and killed four workers and wounded a fifth at California Terra Garden. He then went to nearby Concord Farms, where he had worked previously, and fatally shot three former co-workers, they say.

Students returned to Richneck Elementary School for the first time Monday with two metal detectors, two permanent school division security officers and clear backpacks.

There is no information on the suspects at this time, according to police.

There have been more mass shootings in the U.S. in 2023 than the number of days in the year. But voters are still focused on other issues.

Two teenage students at the Starts Right Here education program were fatally shot Monday and the program’s founder was wounded.