Mass Shootings

Former Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scot Peterson waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as shots rang out inside the school in 2018.
The permanent memorial aims to honor the victims, survivors and first responders of the 2017 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival.
Documents show Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration accused the NRA of wanting to use involuntary commitment laws.
Nineteen students and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School a year ago after police in the Texas city took more than an hour to respond.
The Republican governor has consistently expanded access to guns and called for prayer as a solution, even as the shootings got worse in his state.
A parent tweeted: “As tomorrow is the five year mark I feel need to say this: Cruz, Abbott, Patrick, and [Weber] have done nothing for families of Santa Fe."
Twitter’s billionaire owner also defended his attacks on investor and Jewish Holocaust survivor George Soros, calling himself a “pro-Semite, if anything.”
The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others in New Mexico was identified as an 18-year-old high school student, authorities said Tuesday.
Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said the 18-year-old shooter fired at least three weapons, including an “AR-style rifle.”
A motive for the shooting wasn't immediately known and no suspects have been arrested.