gun violence

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - Students at more than a dozen school in central and northern New York are expected to take part in a national high school walkout today to demand action on gun control. The walkout is being held today, because it is the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.

Police said they received calls about a man pointing a gun at people on the street in Brooklyn. The man was reportedly well known in the area as "mentally ill but generally harmless."

There was a memorial service Tuesday night at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, to remember the 13 victims of the shooting that happened there nine years ago.

"It’s one of the challenges of the human spirit – developing a positive outlook in the face of the fact that we’re all going to die and birth is a fatal disease," said David Marsland, whose wife was killed in the attack. "It’s a question of how you live as opposed to how you die.

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she supports students who plan to demonstrate today against gun violence. School walkouts are planned across the nation at 10 a.m., including in New York state.

HARRISBURG, PA (WITF) -- In the wake of last month's shooting in Parkland, Florida, the state auditor general is expanding the scope of school districts audits in the hopes of improving safety.

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - Many school districts in central and northern New York have faced threats following the Florida high school shooting last month. It has resulted in school shutdowns and arrests of some students for making terroristic threats. As law enforcement aggressively investigates these incidents, some experts say it is a lack of emotional skills that is causing them.

CEO Ed Stack announced Wednesday that the national retailer is also banning the sale of all guns to customers under the age of 21. The company is one of the country's largest sports retailers.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- In the wake of the of a Florida school shooting that killed 17 earlier this month, Republican state Senator Scott Wagner is making school safety a centerpiece of his campaign.

ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - The head of the state’s largest teachers union says arming teachers won’t make schools safer, but he says schools should have more protection.