A Tyler man, who was found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he pulled out a gun and threatened an employee during an argument at a Tyler Walmart, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Judge Jack Skeen Jr. of the 241st District Court sentenced Trumaine Washington, 33, on Thursday after he was found guilty on Feb. 25. Police said Washington began yelling that he…

WISCONSIN’S LATEST MASS SHOOTING, WHICH LEFT SIX PEOPLE DEAD AT ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST BREWERIES, APPEARS TO HAVE DONE LITTLE IN THE POLITICALLY POLARIZED STATE TO BUDGE REPUBLICANS WHO EXPANDED ACCESS TO GUNS DURING THE PAST DECADE. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE LESS THAN 3 MILES FROM THE VENUE THAT WILL HOST THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN FIVE MONTHS.

MASS SHOOTINGS ALL TOO ROUTINELY HIT THE HEADLINES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. BUT WHAT RARELY MAKES A BLIP ON THE NEWS CYCLE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT PERMEATE THE SOCIAL FABRIC – WITH ALMOST 500,000 VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED WITH A GUN ANNUALLY, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE. ON AVERAGE, JUST UNDER 40,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR DIE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A GUN-RELATED DEATH. SO, WHERE DO CRIMINALS TYPICALLY BUY THEIR GUNS? AND DO MOST CRIMINALS SEEK OUT THEIR WEAPONS OF CHOICE THROUGH ILLICIT MEANS? “THE MAJORITY OF FIREARMS USED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ARE OBTAINED ILLEGALLY,” SAID DAVID CHIANESE, A CORRESPONDENT AT LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY, PUBLISHED AUTHOR AND FORMER NYPD DETECTIVE.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This image from the National Gun Archive breaks down the number of gun deaths in 2020 with red dots. There is a smaller cluster of red around Indianapolis, as compared to cities like Chicago, but given its size – how does gun violence in the Circle City compare to cities across the US? Nationally last year, data from the National Gun…

It was a dramatic heist — a group of young adults, caught on camera, using a truck to smash their way into a local store early Thursday morning, stealing a cache of rifles. Thanks to an assist from a good Samaritan, who was in the right place at the right time, police tracked down and arrested seven young men, ranging in age from 13 to 24. Police continue to…

THE NYPD AND MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY BUSTED AN ILLEGAL GUN RING THAT RAN WEAPONS UP FROM GEORGIA TO NEW YORK CITY — WITH A 33-YEAR-OLD PARKS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE AS THE ACCUSED KINGPIN, OFFICIALS SAID TUESDAY. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED FIVE MEN — THREE CITY RESIDENTS AND TWO GEORGIA MEN — AND SEIZED MORE THAN THREE DOZEN “STREET GUNS” AND TRAFFICKED FIREARMS, INCLUDING AN AR-15 MODIFIED TO APPEAR TO HAVE A GRENADE LAUNCHER ATTACHMENT.

Two 17-year-olds arrested Thursday at Westside High School were charged as adults Friday with conspiracy to commit capital murder and possession of a firearm by a minor on school property. Authorities say Dakota Hayes took a gun to school Thursday and handed it off in the boy’s bathroom to Patrick Houston. A third student saw the gun hand-off and reported it. The school was placed on lockdown, officials said,…

Channel 2 Action News has obtained shocking surveillance video that shows the moment a store clerk thought he was going to die. A gunman entered the Roswell Shell station store on Holcomb Bridge Road and attacked the clerk. The attack happened a few weeks ago. The clerk, who did not want to be identified, said when he saw a man with his face covered come walking in, he knew what…

Demitrius Moore, 15, finished his chores before walking out the door of his North Philadelphia home on Saturday afternoon, washing three loads of laundry for his mother and younger brothers before leaving to visit his father’s house. Moore never made it. On the way, he was shot twice in the chest by a gunman who remained at large Monday, leaving Moore’s relatives wondering why he was gunned down and…