Four men have been arrested and charged in last week’s mass shooting in a South Side Chicago park that wounded 12 adults and a 3-year-old boy, officials said Tuesday. Police said the motive for the mass shooting appears to be … Continue reading
L.A. gun buyback nets 2,037 firearms, including 75 assault weapons A one-day gun buyback event in Los Angeles on Wednesday gathered 2,037 firearms, including 75 assault weapons and a rocket launcher, officials said. The total was nearly 400 more weapons … Continue reading
Authorities allege that a UC Irvine professor, grieving over the suicide of his teenage son, wrote emails in which he talks of committing mass murder at University High School. “We did take these emails very seriously,” said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman … Continue reading
A $2,000 pair of pocket pistols and a military rocket launcher — sans rocket — were among the 1,673 firearms that Los Angeles residents traded in for gift cards in the city’s gun buyback this weekend. Los Angeles police Chief … Continue reading