Jamaica’s murder tally for 2021 has risen to 935 as at Saturday, August 28. This is 83 more homicides or a 9.7 percent increase when compared with the corresponding period in 2020. […]
Jamaica: 935 Jamaicans killed since the start of the year
Everytown is starting to fund lawsuits designed to curb gun violence
Gun reform advocacy group, Everytown For Gun Safety, has announced the rollout of a fund to support legal cases related to gun violence, including those filed on behalf of families and survivors of shooting tragedies. […]
Bahamas: BE NOT AFRAID: National security minister says police have crime “under control”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday that the public should not be afraid to go into public spaces or be concerned about a gang war on New […]
Jamaica: Say a prayer for Baby Shavian
Always wary of living in penetrable board houses during upsurges in gun violence, Sherray Barr and her infant child had sought refuge away from their Sunlight Street, Kingston 13, home that is […]
Jamaica: ‘REPRISAL’ – Family in fear as deadly shootings rattle August Town
Deadly gun violence that erupted in Hermitage, St Andrew, on the weekend, has driven fear into a grieving family and forced the abandonment of a peace march in August Town. Dadrian Shaye, […]
Bahamas: TOO MANY SHOTS TO COUNT: Mother says 25-year-old son left home minutes before being killed
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Family members of 25-year-old Stervante Moss, who was shot and killed yesterday, were inconsolable at the bloody scene near his Polhemus Street home off Nassau Street. Police said officers responded […]
NYC: At least seven shot – one fatally – overnight in NYC: NYPD
At least seven people were shot — one fatally — in the city’s latest round of gun violence overnight, cops said Monday. The deadly incident came around 12:40 a.m. Monday at Morgan […]
NYC: Wild Brooklyn gunfight captured on surveillance video
A group of men got into a wild gunfight on a Brooklyn street this week — spraying bullets that struck two parked cars, new video shows. The gunplay began around 12:50 a.m. […]
Jamaica: PM nudged to react to child shootings
Spurred by recent gun attacks on infants as young as one year old, child-rights advocate Betty-Ann Blaine is calling on Prime Minister (PM) Andrew Holness to make a bold and uncompromising statement […]
NYC: NYC reported 26 people shot over the weekend, a 100% spike from the same period last year: police data
More than two dozen people were shot in New York City over the weekend — a 100% increase compared with the same three-day period last year, police data shows. The surge in […]
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