Five people have been shot, one fatally, in a shooting in West Pullman in Chicago, Illinois, authorities say.

Gangs have been present in the United States for hundreds of years and since then they have evolved and their criminal activities have expanded.

A mass shooting in the UK's southwestern city of Plymouth has left several people dead- among them a three-year-old girl.

US police will scale up the use of violence interrupters to address the rise in violence in the city of Baltimore.

The Mexican government files a civil lawsuit against several American gun manufacturers with a US federal court, accusing them of illegal commercial practices and arms trafficking that have led to bloodshed in Mexico.

At least 430 people died in at least 915 shootings that took place across the United States last week, according to ABC News and the Gun Violence Archive.

The US state of Chicago has launched an initiative to tackle the rising gun violence in one of America’s largest cities.