Gun Violence

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has proposed an aggressive plan to Gov. Ron DeSantis that lowers Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine age requirement.

Miami-Dade Tries To Tackle Gun Violence, And Puerto Rico’s Population Crisis

Trying to resolve gun violence in Miami and Puerto Rico’s population problem.

Miami-Dade Police officers and detectives gather outside the Shell gas station near the crime-scene after another Miami-Dade mass shooting and a possibly connected car crash killed three people and sent five or six others to the hospital with gunshot wounds, around Grand Salon Reception Hall at Southwest 104th Street and 109th Court in the Kendall neighborhood of Miami, Florida, on Sunday, June 6, 2021.

New Anti-Gun Violence Plan Increases Youth Programs, Beefs Up Policing In Miami-Dade

Daniel Rivero

A long-term plan focuses on anti-poverty measures and a short-term plan addresses gun violence by a mix of increased surveillance, visibility and enforcement priorities for the police.

Violent rioters supporting then-President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Capitol Police had seen information from a pro-Trump website that encouraged demonstrators to bring weapons to subdue members of Congress and police.

'Bring Your Guns': Probe Uncovers More Alarming Intelligence Before The Capitol Riot

Claudia Grisales

Two Senate committees have found that U.S. Capitol Police and other authorities were in possession of more alarming intelligence clues ahead of the Jan. 6 attack than previously documented.

U.S. Coast Guard vessels in Key West, Fla. Most of their resources in Key West are devoted to interdicting Cuban migrants. Cubans are trying to reach the U.S. in larger numbers, concerned that preferential treatment will disappear as the two countries normalize relations.

WPB Water Advisory Lifted, Healing After Gun Violence, And Rise In Migrants Off South Florida Coast

Andrea Perdomo

The week-long water advisory has been lifted in the city of West Palm Beach and surrounding areas, addressing community gun violence and healing trauma, and the rise of migrants being intercepted by the Coast Guard.

Survivors Affected by Violence The Jack Brown III Foundation founder, Leatha Bush, center, embraces Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, right, during the emotional press conference about the Memorial Day weekend mass shootings. Monday, May 31, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava hosted a press conference on the mass shootings over the Memorial Day weekend at the Fred Taylor Miami-Dade Police Headquarters in Doral, Florida.

Miami-Dade Shootings Over Holiday Weekend, And A New Program Helps Immigrants Build Credit

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

We get the latest on the multiple shootings that happened across Miami-Dade this Memorial Day weekend. A new program that could help people get a credit card without having a credit history.

A surveillance video from the shooting scene shows the gunmen and their car.

Surveillance Video Shows Gunmen At Scene Of Miami-Dade Shooting

Michelle Marchante

In an effort to identify those responsible Saturday night's shooting that killed two people outside of a rap concert in Northwest Miami-Dade, police have released surveillance video showing the gunmen and their vehicle.

Family and friends of people injured in a mass shooting wait outside Jackson Memorial hospital Sunday.

Police: 2 Dead, More Than 20 Injured At Banquet Hall Shooting

Associated Press

Police in Miami-Dade County say two people have died and 20 to 25 people have been injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall. News outlets report the gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade County, near Hialeah.

A new study from Florida Atlantic University discovered the origins of the monkey colony living near the Fort Lauderdale Airport.

The Debate Over Teaching Florida History, 'Us Kids' Follows Parkland Activists, Monkeys Near Fort Lauderdale Airport

Suria Rimer

A fight over Florida's history curriculum. A new documentary about the student activists from Parkland. Plus, where those monkeys living near the airport came from.

People wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif., on March 15, 2020.

1st-Time Gun Buyers Help Push Record U.S. Gun Sales Amid String Of Mass Shootings

Jaclyn Diaz

Data from the FBI's firearms background check database shows six days in March of this year were among the top 10 highest days of firearms background checks since 1998.

A man dressed in office attire and wearing a black face mask receives a vaccine does on his left arm. The person administering the vaccine is wearing blue scrubs.

Heat Arena’s New Name To Help Fight Gun Violence, Workplace Vaccination Requirements, Joan Didion’s ‘Miami’

Suria Rimer

There’s a plan to use money from the Heat arena’s new name to fight gun violence. Is it legal for employers to require a COVID-19 vaccine? Plus, we take a look back at Miami in the 1980s with Joan Didion's highly acclaimed book.

Pastor Denell Howard leads a prayer Saturday at a vigil at the Olivet Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis for the victims of the shooting Thursday at a FedEx facility.

Indianapolis Shooting Suspect Obtained Guns Legally, Police Say

Eric McDaniel

The weapons used in Thursday's mass shooting at a FedEx facility were purchased legally by the suspect in July and September of 2020, police said. A shotgun was seized from him earlier.

President Biden unveils his $2 trillion infrastructure measure Wednesday in Pittsburgh.

$5 Billion For Violence Prevention Is Tucked Into Biden Infrastructure Plan

Juana Summers

Gun violence prevention advocates are heralding the proposed funding, saying it would be a historic investment in urban communities.