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May 16, 2013

Brothers, 19 and 24, charged in New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each…
May 13, 2013

Suspect ID’d in mass shooting at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20…
May 13, 2013

New Orleans police release video of Mother’s Day parade shooting suspect

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police hope a $10,000 reward and blurry surveillance camera images will lead to arrests…
May 12, 2013

19 shot, including 2 children, at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on…
May 6, 2013

Shooting victim aims to attend prom, graduation

theGRIO REPORT - High school senior Miles Turner plans to return to school for the first time since being shot…
May 2, 2013

12-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 14-year-old brother: Another example of gun culture run amok

OPINION - The epidemic of gun violence continues in America, but our leaders fail to stop it.
April 30, 2013

1 killed, 1 injured in apartment roughly a half mile from Obama's Chicago home

NBC Chicago - Chicago police are looking for the gunman who killed a man and injured another overnight in the…
April 26, 2013

In Chicago, even the president's neighborhood may be unsafe

theGRIO REPORT - As Chicago’s violence issue continues to sit in the spotlight, incidents happening in President Barack Obama’s hometown…
April 23, 2013

Boy, 15, found shot 4 blocks away from Obama's home in Chicago

NBC Chicago - At least seven people were injured and a 15-year-old boy was killed in overnight shootings in Chicago...
April 17, 2013

Congress won't move on gun control, despite series of violent incidents

theGRIO REPORT - A few months ago, politicians in both parties were declaring everything had changed involving gun policy in…
April 14, 2013

Chicago student on ‘Melissa Harris Perry’: give kids a future to stop gun violence

VIDEO - Chicago State University student Dennis Johnson joined the panel on MSNBC's 'Melissa Harris Perry' show to talk about…
April 11, 2013

Obama congratulates Newtown families on gun vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lauding the role the families of the Newtown shooting victims played in pressing…
April 11, 2013

Michelle Obama personalizes Chicago gun violence crisis

theGRIO REPORT - Since Chicago topped 500 murders in 2012, followed by Hadiya Pendleton’s death in February, the city’s gun…
April 10, 2013

First lady Michelle Obama: ‘Hadiya Pendleton was me and I was her’

CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday...
April 8, 2013

Obama to bring some Sandy Hook families on Air Force One

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Obama is going to argue in his speech that lawmakers have an obligation…
April 1, 2013

Murders fall 42 percent in America’s deadliest city: Chicago

CHICAGO - Three months after Chicago notched the most murders in the nation, officials are touting a dramatic downturn in…
March 29, 2013

10-year-old’s story sheds light on the indirect victims of gun violence

PHILADELPHIA - At one of the several gun violence rallies going on in Philadelphia yesterday, 10-year-old Kevin Dudney shared his…
March 29, 2013

Kimani Gray’s family, community continue to seek justice

theGRIO REPORT - Family and friends of the late Kimani Gray attended the funeral of the 16-year-old boy on Saturday…
March 28, 2013

2 men plead not guilty in Hadiya Pendleton’s death

CHICAGO (AP) - Two men have pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who performed…
March 22, 2013

Chicago parents condemn 13-year-old rapper Lil Mouse's appearance at nightclub

theGRIO REPORT - While many 13-year-olds could have been tucked away in their beds early Thursday morning, at least one…