Two men have been killed, and seven others were wounded during multiple overnight shootings on the West and South sides of Chicago, Tuesday (July 31). According to police, two men were standing with a group on the 1000 block of North Lawler Ave., when gunshots rang out, hitting them both. One of the bystanders, Quincey Simmons, […]
Police arrested a suspect over the weekend, connected to the shooting that broke out at Harlem’s Rucker Park, last week. Ricardo Laing was taken to the 32nd Precinct station house and is believed to have opened fire on a group of people during the Entertainment Basketball Classic game that injured five. Among those hurt was a 16-year-old boy […]
The Toronto Star is repenting for publishing a cartoon showcasing a racial stereotype. The illustration, drawn by Michael de Adder, shows a little Black girl under the header “Injuries ot Expect Before They Are Two” and notes a “head laceration from a medium-caliber bullet,” as one of her expected wounds. Published last Wednesday (July 18), […]
The City of Chicago is still in the throes of a violent summer that has reached epic proportions, as six people were shot in a 15-minute time span, Monday (July 23). The two separate incidents left two people wounded in the Marquette Park neighborhood, and four others in Merrill Park. Police reported that the Merill […]
Two days after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for a more concrete plan to combat gun violence in America, another youngster has lost their life in a senseless shooting. A 4-year-old boy from the Bronx was shot and killed during a basketball game at the Morrisania public housing unit Sunday (July 22) night. The child […]
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for President Obama and Mitt Romney to offer up a national policy to put a dent in gun violence, during his public address, Friday (July 20). Bloomberg spoke on the matter via his weekly appearance on WOR Radio, hours after a dozen people were killed when a gunman in Colorado […]
In sad news out of New Jersey, a six-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his five-year-old relative. Little Daron Mayes was killed Sunday from a gun-shot wound to the back of the head when the two children were playing with a loaded hand gun in a bedroom. Police will not release the identity of the […]
