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Football coach John Beam dead after Oakland shooting, suspect arrested

Beam, an athletic director and retired coach, is best known for being profiled in season five of Netflix's "Last Chance U."
John Beam in "Last Chance U."
John Beam in "Last Chance U."

Parents arrested after 4-year-old twin boys are shot with gun found in the living room

The children were taken to an Orlando, Florida, hospital and are in critical but stable condition.
Calais Drive
Calais Drive

5 wounded, 1 seriously, in shooting outside San Francisco supermarket

A man with life-threatening injuries and four juveniles with non-life-threatening injuries were rushed to a hospital, police said in a statement.
San Francisco Shooting
San Francisco Shooting

Several states now require public schools to teach gun safety

A class of 16 fifth graders in Memphis, Tennessee, were asked how many had seen a real gun. Nearly all raised their hands.
A teacher teaches about gun safety.
A teacher teaches about gun safety.

Husband of Indiana woman shot dead after going to wrong house said 'they tore everything from me'

Maria Florinda Rios Perez, 32, was killed after she went to the wrong address for a house-cleaning appointment; her family wants the person responsible to face justice.
Mauricio Velásquez and daughters.
Mauricio Velásquez and daughters.

House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address

Maria Florinda Rios Perez, a 32-year-old immigrant from Guatemala, died in her husband's arms, her brother said.
A cleaning crew worker was fatally shot Wednesday in Whitestown, Indiana after arriving at the wrong house to clean.
A cleaning crew worker was fatally shot Wednesday in Whitestown, Indiana after arriving at the wrong house to clean.

Teacher shot by 6-year-old student testifies she thought she was dying

The onetime first grade teacher says the school district failed to act on multiple warnings that the student had a gun.
School Shooting-Newport News-Lawsuit
School Shooting-Newport News-Lawsuit

2 shot dead at Tennessee plastics plant by gunman who was ex-employee

The attack killed two supervisors said to be citizens of Germany, where Barku Plastics' parent company is located, officials said.
Police say a suspect shot and killed his supervisors in a workplace shooting at a plastics plant in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Police say a suspect shot and killed his supervisors in a workplace shooting at a plastics plant in Cleveland, Tennessee.

1 killed, 6 wounded in shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, officials say

One person alleged to have a gun is in custody, the Chester County district attorney said.
Police arrive at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania, after reports of a shooting on campus Saturday night.
Police arrive at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania, after reports of a shooting on campus Saturday night.

Supreme Court agrees to review law that bars drug users from having firearms

The case concerns the same law that former President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was convicted of violating before being pardoned.
Handgun
Handgun

Teen wounded in Colorado high school shooting released from hospital

"I’m still alive!" Matthew Silverstone said in a brief statement five weeks after the shooting.
Matthew Silverstone, 18, at Common Spirit St. Anthony Hospital.
Matthew Silverstone, 18, at Common Spirit St. Anthony Hospital.

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