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Woman shot, rushed to hospital on MLK Jr. Boulevard in Raleigh

Police were investigating a shooting near the Roses discount store at 1610 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., near Rock Quarry Road. One woman was shot and transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

President Biden delivers remarks one year after mass shooting at school in Uvalde

President Joe Biden is set to speak Wednesday to mark one year since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. It left 19 children and two teachers dead and injured 17 others.

Why have there been so many mass shootings this year?

If it feels like mass shootings are in the news almost every day lately, that's because they are. If this pace keeps up, it could be one of the worst years for mass shootings ever. Let's take a look at what could be driving this horrible trend?

Uvalde school police chief fired for response to shooting

The Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers for hesitating for over an hour to storm a classroom and take down the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

Bo Jackson helps pay for funerals of Uvalde school shooting victims

Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May, revealing himself as one of the previously anonymous donors who covered costs for families after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.

Watch: Wake deputies rush into school during active shooting drill

The Wake County Sheriff's Office is holding an active shooter training exercise at Wendell Middle School on Thursday. With lessons learned from the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, local deputies are training on how to respond to a nightmare situation - utilizing Rapid Deployment Active Shooting Training.

Surveillance video shows gunman entering Texas elementary school, police response

A heavily-edited compilation of surveillance video from inside the Uvalde elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed has been released.

Video shows police milling in hallway during Uvalde massacre

A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School while a gunman continued firing inside a fourth-grade classroom where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press & ERIC MILLER, WRAL

80 minutes passed in between when Uvalde gunman walked into elementary school and when he was killed

Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with a AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

Although NC senators support recent gun control legislation, state GOP leaders won't talk about red flag law

Both of North Carolina's Republican U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Richard Burr supported federal gun control legislation.

Dan Haggerty, WRAL anchor/reporter

Dallas 8th grader helps Uvalde elementary school children by collecting donations for 'grief kits'

It's been a little over a month now since the tragedy happened in Uvalde. 19 students and two teachers were killed. It will take time to heal and one Dallas 8th grader wants to help kids cope with the situation by collecting donations for grief kits.

OUR TAKE: A look inside how NC's congressional delegation voted the week of June 24

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 -- What makes the unanimous opposition to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act by the state's GOP House delegation of note is that its two Republican senators - particularly Sen. Thom Tillis - played key roles in developing the consensus in support of the legislation. Sticking with their fellow Republicans in the Senate isn't as critical as cozying up to the National Rifle Association lobbyists for the state's GOP House delegation.

As Uvalde investigation continues, gun control bill could advance

Bipartisan gun control bill could become the first overhaul of national gun laws in decades. It already passed a test vote in the Senate -- leaving some optimistic.

Lead GOP negotiator on gun safety expresses concern over lingering issues as lawmakers race to finalize deal

Senate negotiators are scrambling to hammer out legislative text for a long-sought bipartisan gun deal, but they are in danger of missing a self-imposed, end-of-the-week deadline due to lingering sticking points.

By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN

Editorial: Deal to curb gun violence is barely token effort. Much more needed now

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -- It would be generous to describe as even incremental progress, the bipartisan response to the recent spate of mass shootings - including the assault-style rifle enabled slaughter of 21 at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and before that 10 dead at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store. They don't even make modest progress toward stopping access to automatic-style weapons.

Poll: Most North Carolinians want stricter gun laws

Most North Carolinians want lawmakers to pass stricter gun laws, according to a WRAL News survey of adults. They also fear they or a family member may become a victim of a mass shooting.

WRAL News Poll finds most in NC want stricter gun laws

The push for increased restrictions comes weeks after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 elementary school students and two teachers were killed.

Most people in NC fear they or a loved one will become a mass shooting victim, WRAL News Poll finds

Most North Carolina residents are at least somewhat worried that they or a family member may become a victim in a mass shooting, according to a WRAL News survey of adults.

North Carolinians say they want stricter gun laws amid heightened fear of gun violence, WRAL News poll shows

A new WRAL News poll shows overwhelming support among North Carolinians for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and for raising the minimum age of assault weapon ownership from 18 to 21.

Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter, and Sarah Kreuger, WRAL Durham reporter

Gun-control advocates call out GOP lawmakers for blocking reform measures

Democratic lawmakers have filed many gun safety bills over the past decade, but Republican House and Senate leaders haven't allowed them to be heard. In the wake of yet another school massacre, advocates are calling on GOP leaders to reconsider.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

Examining NC's school resource officer training and the need for more resources

Even though Moore County Schools is one of two public school districts in the state with its own police force, district and state leaders want school resource officers to receive more and robust training.

'They should be trained consistently': State, district leaders advocate for NC school resource officers to receive more training

Moore County Schools and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are the only two North Carolina public school districts with their own police forces.

Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter

Editorial: Biden's modest proposal protects lives and gun rights

Sunday, June 5, 2022 -- It is not complicated. "It's about protecting children. It's about protecting families. It's about protecting whole communities. It's about protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, and to a church without being shot and killed." It is a simple agenda. It is supported by an overwhelming majority of the nation's voters.

OSI UDEKWU: Gun violence epidemic - We need the paradigm to change

Saturday, June 4, 2022 -- Irrespective of political background, we need to demand that "our way of life" is protected at home. Why should school children be afraid of being killed at school? Reasonable efforts to restrict access to firearms from behaviorally stressed individuals, requirements for training and safe storage, de-escalation of political acrimony and addressing known social inequities in vulnerable areas are efforts that could immediately start to turn the tide without taking away our right to bear arms.

JIM CRISSMAN: More background checks and raise the age on gun purchases

Thursday, June 2, 2022 -- To all our elected officials -- you may not agree on a solution to gun violence, but you were elected to serve ALL people in your respective states. It's time to do just that and compromise on steps to stop this horrific trend in our country. Keeping things as they are is NOT working! Too many innocent lives have already been lost.