Gun violence in the US

Sandra Gonzalez, mother of a 14-year-old boy shot dead by Tempe Police, joins family members and others at a protest and vigil on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Teenage ‘burglar’ killed by police officer was carrying fake gun

Fourteen-year-old was second teen killed in area this month in police shooting.

18 Jan 2019 - 3:42pm 3

Gable House Bowl. photo: SCMP Pictures

Three dead, four injured in shooting at California bowling alley

5 Jan 2019 - 10:48pm 5

Audio has emerged of Louis C.K. mocking the students turned activists from the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. Photo: AP

Louis C.K. provokes outrage for jokes about Parkland shooting victims

1 Jan 2019 - 10:01pm 2

Tallahassee police officers outside the HotYoga Studio after a gunman killed one person and injured several others inside on November 2, 2018 in Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: AFP

Deaths of police officers on duty rises in the US

28 Dec 2018 - 9:22am

A bump stock device (right), that fits on a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing speed, making it similar to a fully automatic rifle, is shown next to a AK-47 semi-automatic rifle at a gun store in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Trump bans bump stock gun modification used in Las Vegas massacre

19 Dec 2018 - 2:50am 3

Bruce Lee (left) using nunchuks. Photo: SCMP

US judge scraps New York nunchuck ban as it violates ‘right to bear arms’

19 Dec 2018 - 8:13pm 3

Close to 40,000 people were killed in shootings in the US in 2017. Photo: AFP

Gun deaths in US rise to highest level in 20 years, data shows

13 Dec 2018 - 10:36pm 6

A police officer speaks to a woman after gunfire erupted Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama. Photo: AP

Police: Man killed by officer at mall was not the shooter

25 Nov 2018 - 6:38am

Authorities respond to a shooting on Thursday night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb. Photo: AP

Police hunt more gunmen tied to shooting at US shopping centre

24 Nov 2018 - 1:38pm 2

A photograph taken from Sun An-tso’s Facebook account. Photo: Facebook

Taiwan student Sun An-tso, accused of US school threat, to be deported

20 Nov 2018 - 9:59pm 3

People gather to pray for the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil in Thousand Oaks, California. Photo: AP

Gunman posted about mental state during US bar massacre

10 Nov 2018 - 8:48pm 2

Dominique Colell says she was groped and assaulted by Thousand Oaks gunman Ian David Long when he was in high school and she was a track coach. Photo: CBS News

California gunman’s high school coach says he attacked, groped her

10 Nov 2018 - 7:09am

Telemachus Orfanos (right) in a 2014 photo he shared on social media. Photo: Facebook

US mother’s grief: ‘I don’t want prayers ... I want gun control’

10 Nov 2018 - 3:15am 8

California mass shooting: slain sheriff’s deputy Ron Helus had been due to retire after 30 years of duty

California shooting: slain officer was due to retire after 30 years’ duty

9 Nov 2018 - 7:55am 3

Mourners react outside a reception centre for families of victims of a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, on Thursday. Photo: AP

California shooting: some inside bar had survived Las Vegas massacre

9 Nov 2018 - 7:09am 3

13 dead in California shooting

13 dead in California shooting

9 Nov 2018 - 7:09am

Suspected California gunman Ian David Long. Photo: Facebook

California gunman was ex-Marine who may have had PTSD

9 Nov 2018 - 9:19pm 19

People comfort each other after a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday night. Photo: TNS

Ex-Marine kills 12 in US bar, hurling smoke bombs before opening fire

9 Nov 2018 - 5:58am 32

An Arizona boy aged 11 used a handgun to kill his grandmother and himself after she asked him to clean his room. File photo: Dreamstime

US grandmother asked boy, 11, to clean his room. He shot her dead

6 Nov 2018 - 5:48am 8

Axe, the St Clair Shores K-9 officer. Photo: St Clair Shores Police Department

US police officers kill man who fatally shot police dog

6 Nov 2018 - 6:11am 6

Yoga studio gunman Scott Beierle had history of groping women, made misogynistic YouTube videos

Yoga gunman had history of groping, ranted on YouTube about ‘whores’

4 Nov 2018 - 10:49pm 1

Police investigators work the scene of a shooting on Friday, in Tallahassee. Photo: AP Photo

Women killed in Florida yoga class were student, faculty member

4 Nov 2018 - 1:20am 6

This September 19 file photo shows Chad Frese, attorney for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, speaking in court in Montezuma, Iowa. Photo: AP

US lawyer calls client a ‘terrible criminal’ who deserves jail

3 Nov 2018 - 8:27pm 2

Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27. Photo: AP

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty

2 Nov 2018 - 12:54am 4

This undated photo shows suspect Robert Bowers. Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP

Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect indicted on 44 counts

1 Nov 2018 - 5:24am 5

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump place stones and flowers on a memorial on Tuesday as they pay their respects at the Tree of Life Synagogue following Saturday's shooting in Pittsburgh. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Trump shunned by officials and synagogue victim’s family during visit

31 Oct 2018 - 7:20am 5

James “Whitey” Bulger is seen in a combination of booking mug photos released on August 1, 2011. Photo: Reuters

US gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, 89, ‘beaten to death’ in prison

31 Oct 2018 - 9:32pm 2

Vice-President Mike Pence, right, prays with Loren Jacobs for the victims and families of those killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, at a rally for Republicans in Oakland County, Michigan, on Monday. At the rally Loren Jacobs, who uses the title “rabbi” but espouses Christianity, was invited to speak on behalf of the area's Jewish community. Photo: AP

Jews stunned as Mike Pence prays with ‘Christian rabbi’ after massacre

31 Oct 2018 - 3:50pm 18

A man takes a moment on Monday at each of the Star of David memorials with the names of the 11 people who were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: EPA

Synagogue shooter Robert Bowers faces court shackled to wheelchair

30 Oct 2018 - 7:17am

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