Two bystanders wounded in Midtown Manhattan shooting

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 16:02

Police officers fired three shots on a crowded Manhattan street near Times Square, missing the man they believed had a weapon but striking two bystanders, police said.

Trial starts for US teen accused of shooting baby

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 10:01

A young man fatally shot a 13-month-old baby in a stroller in coastal Georgia when the child`s mother did not immediately hand over her purse, a prosecutor said on the first day of the man`s murder trial.

US teens charged after killing Australian player for ‘fun’

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 09:13

Prosecutors has filed charges against three teenagers after police said the boys randomly targeted an Australian baseball player as he jogged and shot him in the back, killing him, to avoid the boredom of an Oklahoma summer day.

US elementary school evacuated in US after shots reported

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 08:50

Scores of children were safely evacuated from an elementary school in the state of Georgia on Tuesday as police responded to reports of shots being fired and arrested a suspect, authorities said.

Three shot dead at US town meeting; shooter tackled

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 10:06

A gunman blasted shots through the wall of a municipal building in northeastern Pennsylvania during a meeting and then barged into the room and continued firing, killing three people, before he was tackled by a local official and shot with his own gun, a witness said.

Two dead, five wounded in US shooting at taco shop

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 23:06

Police say two people were killed and five wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd outside a California taco restaurant.

Fort Hood shooting trial set to begin

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 14:19

The long-awaited trial of a US army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting spree at a Texas base is set to begin with jury selection on Tuesday.

Gunman fires at four in North Carolina, shot by police

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 15:26

A gunman reportedly shot at four people in North Carolina before being shot by the police in counter attack.

Five dead in US rampage by black-clad gunman

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 08:27

A black-clad gunman killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California Friday, before police shot him dead in a college library, officials said.

Fort Hood shooting: Hasan allowed to represent self at trial

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 23:57

A military judge has reportedly ruled that the suspect in 2009 Ford Hood Shooting and Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan to represent himself in the murder trial.

NOW THIS! 5-yr-old shoots 2-yr-old sister with gifted gun in US

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 10:43

In an awful incident of shooting that further highlights the misguided gun culture in the US, a five year old boy shot dead his 2 year old sister while playing with his rifle in a remote county in Kentucky.

6-yr-old accidentally shot by 4-yr-old: US Police

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 00:05

A 4-year-old child brought a gun outside his home and shot a 6-year-old neighbor in the head, seriously wounding the older child when the weapon discharged as they played together, authorities said on Tuesday.