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The Metro: Recent killings test state domestic violence protections

Cary Junior II, The Metro September 24, 2025

Over the past month, Southeast Michigan has been shaken by a string of killings. A mother and her 12-year-old son,...

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The Metro: How to confront cultural norms driving domestic abuse

Cary Junior II, The Metro September 24, 2025

At the end of August, at least three women in Southeast Michigan were killed by a partner or family member....

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Minneapolis police: shooting at Catholic school has left 3 dead, including shooter, and 17 injured

Associated Press August 27, 2025

Reporting by Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A gunman opened fire with a rifle through...

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Brick houses in the Bagley neighborhood.
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The Metro: Detroit community still seeking solutions to teen violence

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Nadia Ziyad July 23, 2025

The Detroit Police Department is asking city council to increase its enforcement of the city’s youth curfew. Fines for the...

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The parents of four students killed in a shooting in Michigan more than two years ago are interviewed Monday, March 18, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. From left, Steve St. Juliana, Buck Myre and Nicole Beausoleil called for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying a local criminal probe that netted three is not enough to close the book.
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Court of Appeals allows lawsuit by Oxford family against Michigan State Police

Rick Pluta July 19, 2025

The Michigan Court of Appeals is allowing a case filed by the family of a murdered Oxford High School student...

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Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison discusses the city's new Summer Teen Safety Violence Prevention Plan, July 7, 2025.
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The Metro: How Detroit plans to curb youth gun violence this summer

The Metro, Robyn Vincent, Sam Corey, Nadia Ziyad July 15, 2025

Last week, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison joined Mayor Mike Duggan and other officials in announcing the launch of a...

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Oakland County Sheriff Lt. Tim Willis reaches for the gun Ethan Crumbley used to kill four students and injured six others and a teacher in November 2021 at Oxford High School, in court, Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Oakland County judge Kwame Rowe is hearing evidence starting Thursday to help him decide whether the teen who killed four students and injured six others at Oxford High School should be sentenced to prison without the chance of parole.
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Store that sold gun used in Oxford shooting wants lawsuit dismissed

Rick Pluta July 15, 2025

The firearm store that sold the gun used in the Oxford High School shooting is asking the Michigan Court of...

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Police walk by an idle vehicle near CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Mich., Sunday, June 23, 2025.
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Parishioners, security staff prevent mass shooting at Michigan church, police say

Russ McNamara, Associated Press June 23, 2025

Police say the heroic actions of church members and staff at the CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne stopped a mass...

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The Gun Violence Memorial Project, National Building Museum.
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The Metro: New MOCAD installation tells the human story behind gun violence statistics

Cary Junior II, The Metro April 29, 2025

Almost 700 people a week died of gun violence in 2018 across the U.S., and that number has only gone...

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Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin, left, and Amy Hopp, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich.
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Ethan Crumbley loses bid to withdraw guilty plea in shooting deaths of Oxford High classmates

Associated Press December 20, 2024

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Thursday refused to allow a Michigan school shooter to withdraw his guilty plea...

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Emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., where multiple injuries were reported following a shooting, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
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Teacher and a teenage student killed in shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

Associated Press December 16, 2024

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Abundant Life Christian School serves grades prekindergarten through high school,...

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Oxford High School shooting victims call for action
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State and county officials not on same page as Oxford shooting victims look for answers

Alex McLenon November 19, 2024

Nearly three years after a teenager killed four of his classmates in a shooting at Oxford High School, victims’ families...

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