The Politics of Crime Are Perilous for Left and Right Alike

President Trump has latched on to concerns about crime, as liberals point to its decline. The politics often flip when it comes to mass shootings.

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New Video Shows Uvalde School Chief Trying to Negotiate With Gunman

The video, part of a trove of materials that authorities had refused to release, shows the minutes in which a commander tried to talk to a gunman barricaded in a room with dozens of children.

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Manhunt Leaves a Montana Town in Limbo a Week After Bar Shooting

Experts on mass shootings said it’s rare for the gunmen who carry out such crimes to elude the authorities for so long.

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5 Soldiers Shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia

The gunman was quickly apprehended, the authorities said and a lockdown of the base was lifted.

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Victims Named in Montana Bar Shooting as Manhunt Stretches On

Those killed on Friday were a bartender and three patrons, ranging in age from 59 to 74, the authorities said. The suspect fled into the nearby foothills.

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She Came Face to Face With the Park Avenue Gunman and Survived

Sebije Nelovic, who has cleaned the Manhattan office building that was the site of the shooting for 27 years, was dusting a table that Monday evening. Then she heard gunfire.

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An Office Tower Shooting Shocks New York

The city’s strict gun laws could not prevent someone driving across the country with an assault rifle.

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Midtown Manhattan Becomes America’s Stage for Acts of Violence

A small part of the nation’s largest city has drawn people bent on killing to draw attention to their causes. The man who shot four people at a Park Avenue office tower was the latest.

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Reno Shooting Shatters Lives at a Bachelor Party

The police said that a gunman had shot randomly at a group that was preparing to head home to California after a bachelor party weekend. Three people died in the shooting, and three others were injured.

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Gunman in NYC Shooting Legally Purchased a Gun Despite Record of Mental Health Problems

The man who shot and killed four people in Manhattan had legally purchased a firearm in Nevada, where he lived, despite a record of mental health problems.

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