gun violence

Three students died in the February 2023 shooting spree on the East Lansing campus. Five other students were wounded. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Firearms resulted in 48,204 deaths in the U.S. in 2022, according to a study by the Center for Gun Violence Prevention at Northwell Health in New York.

This is National Crime Victims Rights Week, and survivors of violent crime and their loved ones are holding healing vigils across the nation.

A bill that passed the House on Friday would allow Michigan to use Medicaid funds to pay for community violence intervention services in hospitals.

A state Senate committee advanced two bills Tuesday that are meant to make it easier to trace homemade firearms assembled from kits or parts created by 3D printers.

The October 14 Flint city council meeting ended when a person in the audience allegedly brandished a weapon during an argument.

Today, we look at the similarities between the shooting at a high school in Georgia, and what happened at Michigan's Oxford High three years ago — most notably, criminal charges against a parent of the shooting suspect. Then, we’ll visit an Underground Railroad exhibit in Ypsilanti. We’ll get the local history in this critical system of abolitionists. And we’re serving up the next episode of The Dish! Two West Michiganders make tortillas the right way.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald has thought a lot about how communities can do a better job of preventing gun violence. We talked to her about prevention in the wake of a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills on Saturday.

During this heatwave, how do we protect ourselves and loved ones? Also, a new exhibit exploring the interconnected history of African American culture and quilting. Plus, Karen McDonald talks about her work in preventing gun violence and the aftermath of the recent Rochester Hill's shooting.

The toolkit is based on the findings of a commission created after the 2021 Oxford High School shooting that left four students dead.