Shootings & Mass Violence

A shooting on the Texas Tech University campus ended with one person dead and two officers injured early Tuesday morning.

Cameron Turner, 23, pleaded guilty to unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place just before jurors would be selected in his trial Monday.

A private Bible college in Dallas is speaking out after learning that Vance Luther Boelter — the 57-year-old man accused in a series of politically-motivated shootings in Minnesota — briefly attended their program over two decades ago.

Dallas County officials chose back National Gun Violence Awareness Day, which is Friday. Texas legislators have passed several pro-gun measures during this session.

It reported that 41% of all mass shooters had a history of domestic violence.

Victims and families of the people who died in the 2019 attack offered impact testimonies as trial ends. "I have no more room for hate in my heart," said Yvonne Gonzalez, who lost her parents.

The student accused of injuring four in a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School was let into the building through an unsecured door and then walked down a hallway toward a group of students, opening fire on them. That is according to an arrest warrant released Wednesday.

El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya says decision to remove death penalty came after speaking with survivors and families

A 19-year-old survivor of the Timberview High School shooting in 2021 was shot and killed Monday in his Arlington apartment parking lot, according to police.

Sutherland Springs residents drove by with their windows down watching workers begin tearing down the building where a gunman opened fire on a Sunday service in 2017, killing twenty-six people.

The city’s release ends a legal battle with news outlets, but other government agencies are withholding materials.

Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he made the decision after the Uvalde district attorney found no criminal wrongdoing and asked that Ranger Chris Kindell be allowed to return to his job.