Mass Shootings

Zephen Xaver had pleaded guilty last year to the 2019 slayings, but his attorneys had asked for a life sentence rather than death because of his history of mental illness.

Six months after the Feb. 14 Kansas City parade, parents their children are deeply changed. We meet kids who survived the mass shooting only to live with long-term emotional scars.

The local United Way gave $1.2 million to victims and $832,000 to 14 community groups, hoping to reach other victims from the violence at the Chiefs’ parade as well as those working to prevent gun violence.

The Highlands County jury voted 9-3 to recommend the death penalty for Zephen Xaver in the execution-style deaths of five women at a SunTrust. The final decision rests with Circuit Judge Angela Cowden.

Parkland. Uvalde. Columbine. Sandy Hook. A supermarket in Buffalo. A church in South Carolina. A synagogue in Pittsburgh. When violence comes to a public place, as it does all too often in our era, a delicate question lingers afterward: What should be done with the buildings where blood was shed?

Some skeptics applaud the hotline to prevent mass shootings but raise doubts about its effectiveness. The hotline creator says it's worth the effort to stop such violent acts.

Organizations that collect data on mass shootings each use their own definitions for them — some of which are broad such as incidents in which at least four people are injured or killed. Other databases use a narrower definition that includes at least four deaths.

A 22-year-old faces a charge of second-degree murder in a shooting in Ybor City in which two were killed, including a 14-year-old. It followed an altercation between him and another person, and led to gunfire just before bars were set to close Sunday at 3 a.m.

Monique Worrell said that personally she is "unequivocally opposed to the death penalty" but is obligated to follow the law.

The families of two people killed in a series of shootings in Orlando are speaking out via their attorney, Mark NeJame.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is questioning the actions of State Attorney Monique Worrell over how she handled cases involving a suspect charged with fatally shooting a TV reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a woman in Orlando.

The man accused in the death of Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons was issued an arrest warrant that included two new murder charges.