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Four people, including the gunman, were killed and 16 others injured in a shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas Wednesday evening.  Fort Hood officials said the gunman was a soldier who had been receiving mental health treatment and that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Loveland police Officer Garret Osilka who was shot last week during a routine traffic stop is still recovering and a fund has been set up to donate to his recovery effort.

We are now getting more details about the shooting that took place today at Arapahoe High School in Centennial.

A 14-year-old student at Price Middle School in Atlanta was shot in the head or neck on Thursday afternoon. The student was taken to the hospital; his condition has not been officially released, but reports say that he is alert, conscious and breathing.

Early this morning after hours of negotiations police entered a home in Aurora and killed a gunman. Police discovered three bodies inside the Aurora residence early this morning after barricading the home. Around 3 a.m. police sent out a reverse 911 call warning neighbors of the situation and some nearby residents were evacuated for safety reasons...

A tiny school district in Texas will pass a law that will allow teachers and school staff to carry weapons on school property later this month.

How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Today, parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this  -- fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown - located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.

Though my eyes tear up as I begin to write this, I feel like it's important for us to express our feelings when faced with such a tragic event as the shooting in Connecticut this morning.

I can remember 911 and how my kids were affected, it's a difficult job being a parent in the time of tragedy.

Watch live coverage of the Connecticut Elementary School Shooting via NBC through the video player below. You can see full updates from the incident through the course of the day today on our official incident page.

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Earlier today a man was shot at a Wal-Mart in Greeley. The shooter fled to a nearby apartment complex around the Highway 34 bypass and 11th Avenue, and barricaded himself inside. He was arrested around 2:15 this afternoon after a 30-minute standoff and a scuffle with police.