Tommy McBrayer creates community through basketball to help prevent gun violence
A man who knows first-hand the impact of gun violence is now using that knowledge to help others.
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A man who knows first-hand the impact of gun violence is now using that knowledge to help others.
A man who knows first hand the impact of gun violence is now using that knowledge to help others. Tommy McBrayer started "Don't Shoot Guns, Shoot Hoops." The goal of his nonprofit is somewhat self-explanatory, but as WCCO's Jennifer Mayerle found in our latest Cost of Gunfire series, basketball is just one part of what these young men are learning.
Hundreds of gun safety advocates, as well as gun violence survivors, are gathering at the Minnesota Capitol on Tuesday to call for tighter gun laws.
Last year alone, Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis treated 285 shooting victims. That's nearly one a day. Eighty-five percent of them are now survivors.
There are first responders and there are last responders — those who try to save a life and the ones who come after a life is taken by gunfire.
The pandemic took a real toll on our healthcare workers. But now, another public health crisis has become just as crushing. Last year alone Hennepin Healthcare treated more than 1,500 shooting victims. Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle shares the very real cost of gunfire at the hospital in Minneapolis.
Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle talked with Travis Riddle, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF St. Paul Field Division, about the dangers of straw purchases and the consequences.
Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle talked with Travis Riddle, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF St. Paul Field Division, about the dangers of straw purchases and the consequences.
Eight Northeast High School students were shot in Philadelphia near a SEPTA bus station at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues on Wednesday, police said.
Someone shot and killed Dwight Alexander, Jr. while he was sitting in a parked car in north Minneapolis last week. His mother is asking for help in finding whoever did it. As Reg Chapman reports, she also has a message for a generation dying at the hands of their own.
Cindy Elmstrand-Castruita sat down with WCCO's Ubah Ali to give everyone a glimpse into the life they shared.
Bullets flew when two armed men tried to steal a black Mercedes in north Minneapolis on Friday night.
From 2003 to 2021, 1,262 unintentional gun deaths of children were reported in the U.S.
The annual U.S. firearm suicide rate in 2022 increased to the highest documented level since at least 1968, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Someone is killed by gunfire in Minnesota roughly every three days. Those left behind are often left with the unexpected financial burden of burials and other costs just as they are stricken with grief. But there is a place they can turn — it’s a state fund for violent crime victims set up to help families for years to come.
Someone is killed by gunfire in Minnesota roughly every three days. Those left behind are often left with the unexpected financial burden of burials and other costs just as they are stricken with grief.
A family wants justice after a teenage girl got killed in the crossfire.
Prosecutors said James tossed a smoke canister onto a crowded train before opening fire on April 12, 2022.
"That's the side of the bed I sleep on, so if I had of been laying there, it would have been a done deal," said Robert McClain.
As part of his speech looking ahead to next year's budget, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter addressed the issue of gun violence in the capital city Thursday.
As part of his speech looking ahead to next year's budget, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter addressed the issue of gun violence in the capital city Thursday.
The U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince was locked down, and it warned that some routes to the compound could be "impacted due to continued rapid gunfire."
A new rule aims to make our neighborhoods safer from the gun violence epidemic.
From students to families impacted by gun violence, the message was clear: "Protect kids, not guns." That was one of several chants heard as the massive group marched to the capitol building this morning.
Young voices are sharing a big message. Hundreds of students are speaking out against gun violence at the Minnesota state capitol Wednesday.
