'Triggered': Young Tampa Bay filmmaker focuses on bullying, school shootings, depression

Tuesday night, a young Bay Area filmmaker got to see her film title on the marquee at the Tampa Theatre. Mace Walker wrote it when she was just 17. At age 20, she’s sharing a strong message with the world.

Second Florida deputy, fired over Parkland school shooting response, gets job back

A Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired for his inaction during a school shooting that left 17 dead has been reinstated with back pay by an arbitrator who ruled that the sheriff missed a deadline for dismissing the deputy.

Grandmother urges Hillsborough County to consider gun safety education in schools

Months after grandson was killed by another teen playing around with a gun, a Tampa Bay woman is on a mission to not let that kind of grief affect other families.

St. Petersburg students among winners of Sandy Hook Promise video contest

Students at Azalea Elementary School were presented with the Award of Excellence from the Sandy Hook Promise organization Wednesday for their work to stop violence in schools through kindness and acceptance.

Red flag laws: Mistaken identity leads to revocation of veteran's firearms license

In South Florida, law enforcement took more than two dozen calls warning about the Parkland shooter in the months, weeks, and days before he opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.  

Police: 8 people shot, 1 dead in downtown Seattle

A gunman opened fire in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night, killing one person and wounding seven others, authorities said. 

Bill would close loophole that allowed naval air station shooter to buy gun legally

A new bill in Washington, being filed by Democratic St. Petersburg Rep. Charlie Crist and others, would require foreign nationals to apply to the US Attorney General to buy a gun. 

Fundraiser benefits family of 'hometown hero' killed in Pensacola base shooting

The St. Petersburg community rallied Friday around the family of a Lakewood High School graduate who was among the three sailors killed in a presumed terror attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

California man arrested after posting YouTube videos appearing to show mass shooting practice

A Southern California man has been arrested after posting graphic YouTube videos shot at a downtown San Diego hotel in which he appears to be practicing for a mass shooting with assault-style weapons.

Bay Area students have access to kits used by students during LA school shooting

Seconds matter in life-or-death situations and uncontrolled bleeding is the No. 1 cause of death in trauma situations. Bay Area schools are taking steps to make sure students have the tools to help save a life.

Buoyed by Connecticut decision, Florida father suing Smith & Wesson

A Florida parent is suing Smith & Wesson over the death of his daughter during last year's shooting at Marjory Stoneman-Douglas High School after the Supreme Court's move to allow a similar lawsuit to proceed in Connecticut.

Pasco County deputies make year's 14th school threat arrest

A 13-year-old student from Imagine Charter School in Land O’ Lakes is the latest to be charged with making threats against a school.