46 arrested in 3rd day of protests for Brooklyn teen slain by police

NBC New York

NEW YORK - Nearly four dozen people were arrested as scores of demonstrators gathered in Brooklyn for a third consecutive day to protest the NYPD department following the police-involved shooting of a 16-year-old boy over the weekend, authorities said...

Chicago man sparks anti-violence social media campaign

Marcus Riley, NBC Chicago

NBC Chicago - After the murder totals in Chicago started racking up after January of this year, South Side native Bryant Cross decided he'd seen enough...

Fatal teen shooting by cops protested

Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News

NBC News - The fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy by undercover police sparked a protest in New York City on Monday night.

911 tapes released in Hadiya Pendleton shooting

Lisa Balde, NBC Chicago

CHICAGO - The frantic 911 calls that came the night Hadiya Pendleton was gunned down in a Chicago park were released Monday, and they included a key description of the shooter...

Retired boxer Tony Martin shot, killed in Philly

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Family members say retired boxer Tony Martin was fatally shot in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties in Philadelphia...

Woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed on the same day her sister sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation...

Prosecutor: Chicago gang war led to Hadiya Pendelton's death

Don Babwin, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Two men circled a park on Chicago's South Side looking for members of a rival gang before one crept up on a group seeking shelter from the rain under a canopy and opened fire, striking a 15-year-old honor student who once made a video protesting gang violence, prosecutors said Tuesday...

Cops hurt in manhunt for LA fugitive

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The hunt for former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner took a dramatic turn Tuesday after a resident of Big Bear, Calif., reported that someone who looked like the suspect had swiped his car...

2 charged in shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton

Don Babwin, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago gang members charged Monday in the death of a 15-year-old honor student mistook her and her friends for members of a rival gang...

Chicago mom buries 4 child from gun violence

Renita D. Young

theGRIO REPORT - As a mother who raised four children in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects, she never dreamt she would outlive her kids, and after the deaths of the first three, hoped her fourth would outlive her...

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