Page last updated at 20:45 EST, Thursday, 10 January 2013 US teacher stops school shooting A teacher at a high school in California has been praised by police for averting a serious shooting incident. The teacher and a campus supervisor talked a gunman into putting down his weapon after he had shot and injured one pupil at Taft Union High School. Police said the gunman had enough ammunition to kill many people. The injured student was taken to hospital in an air ambulance and is in a critical condition. The drama started after 09:00 local time (17:00 GMT) when the gunman, also a student, arrived late, armed with a shotgun, at the school in the small town in California's central valley. Students and staff telephoned police, but before officers could arrive, the suspect had shot at two people in a class in the science block. One shot missed its target. The teacher, who had been grazed by a pellet, then intervened. He and another school official who entered the class...

Families grieve as Chicago killings increase Community organiser Darius McGraw was one of more than 500 people killed in the US' deadliest city in 2012. Matthew Cassel Last Modified: 10 Jan 2013 04:57 inShare1EmailPrintShareFeedback Matthew Cassel reports from Chicago, where killings went up 15 percent in 2012 Chicago, US - A stack of glossy images showing an active and smiling young man is all that's left for Darius McGraw's family to remember him by. On a cold morning in November 2012, 22-year-old McGraw was gunned down while walking to the home of his fiancée on Chicago's Southwest Side to pick up the couple's two-year-old daughter, Harmony. "You could tell he was a loving father," said 58-year-old Arthur McGraw, remembering his son. "[Harmony] was his life." The McGraw family said they weren't sure who killed Darius, but they were not alone in being forced to mourn a loved one slain in the US' third largest city last yea...

KOMO NEWS 2 Hours Ago Shooting victim: Tougher gun control not the answer SEATTLE -- A woman who survived the Jewish Federation shooting in Seattle says tougher gun control will not put a stop to gun violence. A gunman shot Layla Bush twice and put a bullet in her spine in 2006. Bush still suffers from her injury, and walks with a cane. While she welcomes the national debate on gun control, she is a firm believer in the right to bear arms. "I think if anything, we need more education about guns as opposed to more bureaucracy and controls," she said. "I think it's great that it's actually making people reconsider and re-look at gun control laws." Bush also does not believe in banning assault weapons or limiting high-capacity magazine clips. "I got shot by a man who bought his guns legally, who did not have high-capacity magazines. And six people still got shot, and one killed," she said. Gun control advocates say the deadly school sho...