gun violence
“We Cannot Sanitize These Killings”: News Media Considers Breaking Grimly Routine Coverage of Mass Shootings
The Texas Tribune’s staff has felt determined to aggressively cover this week’s horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said editor in chief Sewell Chan, even as they are “exhausted that we have to cover this at all, exhausted that we have to cover this again, and resigned to taking part in what sometimes seems like …
Man Arrested in Shooting of Sanitation Worker Breaking Up Daughter’s Assault – NBC New York
A Manhattan man is in custody on attempted murder charges after the broad daylight shooting of an NYC sanitation worker, who was apparently breaking up the assault of his own daughter. Elijah Tracy, 20, also faces assault and weapons charges for the late-morning Feb. 10 shooting at 52nd Street and Tenth Avenue in the Hell’s …
NYPD Holds Update on Times Square Shooting That Wounded 3 Bystanders – NBC New York
Three people were hospitalized Saturday evening after a shooting in Times Square left the youngest victim, a 4-year-old girl, injured and started the NYPD on a manhunt for the gunman responsible. A senior NYPD official with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to NBC New York that all three victims were unintended targets of the …
1 Dead in Stop & Shop Attack – NBC New York
What to Know 1 person is dead and 2 are wounded after a shooting at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday morning, police said at a news briefing A person of interest who cops “believe” to be the shooter has been identified as Gabriel DeWitt Wilson; he was taken into custody hours after the deadly …
Shots fired during Daytona Beach motel break in, deputies say
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Two people tried to break into a Motel 6 room overnight into Saturday and the occupant shot at them, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Volusia County Sheriff’s Office public information office Andrew Grant said in an email two people attempted to break into an occupied Motel 6 room in …
How Active Shooter Technology can Enhance Emergency Response | 2020-05-12
How Active Shooter Technology can Enhance Emergency Response | 2020-05-12 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use …
Warner Bros. Bans Press From Covering the Joker Red Carpet
Someone in Gotham expressing their solidarity with the Joker.Image: Warner Bros. While the larger conversation around Todd Phillips’ upcoming Joker film continues to intensify as people reflect on how the story’s depiction of a white domestic terrorist fits into our cultural landscape, Warner Bros. is attempting to take back some control of the narrative by …
Trump says gun deaths are a public health emergency but his solutions are ambiguous
President Trump said he thinks the prevalence of gun deaths in America constitutes a public health emergency, but has not offered a clear proposal on what he wants to do to address it. Mr. Trump, asked on the White House South Lawn Wednesday if he views the scores of gun deaths each day in America …
Pharmacy, Public Health Associations Call for Action Against Gun Violence
Pharmacy and public health associations are encouraging actions to prevent gun-related injury and death, following the recent mass shootings in California, Texas, and Ohio. At least 34 people were killed in mass shootings over the last 2 weeks, and the death toll may continue growing. Debates about how to respond have dominated the news cycle …
Could Reframing Gun Violence As A Public Health Crisis Help Solve The Problem?
Dr. Stephen Hargarten says gun violence needs to be reframed as a public health crisis. WUWM’s LaToya Dennis reports. Two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend took the lives of more than 30 people, renewing calls to change the way we think about gun violence. Dr. Stephen Hargarten directs the Comprehensive Injury …
