Thanks to the shooting industry, billions of individual lead shotgun pellets are left to contaminate ... Birds often mistake tiny shot pellets for grit or seeds and eat them.

Lead’s toxicity is not limited to people. Spent lead shot is sometimes eaten by feeding ducks and geese and poisons them. Shotgun pellets made of it were banned for waterfowl hunting in 1991 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago continues to grapple with gun violence, which impacts hundreds ... Two people were shot at a South Side gas station on Sunday, Chicago police said.

A five-year-old girl in Harris County, Texas, may have accidentally shot herself after finding a gun, according to local authorities. Deputies responded to a call on the evening of October 19 and ...

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Meriden police say a man was arrested Sunday after passengers in the car he was driving were reportedly shooting a firearm out the window and into the air. Luis Valdez ...

In Texas, a baby was shot and killed by a toddler who got ahold of a loaded gun while they were in a parked car, police said. Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central ...

Four teenagers were fatally shot across the Big Apple in as many days ... Mungo, who lived in the nearby Ingersoll Houses, has two prior gun-related arrests, one of which is sealed, according ...

SEATTLE — Two people were shot early Sunday morning at the memorial ... No suspects or suspect vehicles have been identified. Seattle police's Gun Violence Reduction Unit is working to determine ...

by KOMO News Staff TOPICS: SEATTLE — A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Seattle's Central District neighborhood Monday evening, according to the Seattle Police Department. The SPD said at ...

A baby is dead after police said he was shot by a toddler inside a car parked ... "one of the children gained access to the trunk where a loaded long gun was being stored and pulled the trigger ...