Read · October 31, 2026
Shootings over the Halloween weekend kill more than a dozen people across the U.S., including four in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood
More than a dozen people were killed and over 90 injured in shootings over the Halloween weekend, CNN reports, citing its preliminary estimates based in part on Gun Violence Archive tallies. In Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood, three shootings left four people dead and at least 15 injured; Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said investigators were still working to learn whether they were related, Straight Arrow News reports. One person was killed and eight wounded near Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., after the Magic City Classic, and a 19-year-old woman was killed in a shooting near Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill., CNN, Straight Arrow News and Fox News report. Fox News reports that a University of Colorado Boulder student was killed in a shooting on University Hill. Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said, "No family should have to receive the call that someone they love has been shot," Straight Arrow News reports.
- From the LeftCNN: Violent Halloween weekend in US with more than a dozen killed, over 90 injured in shootings
CNN tallies at least 13 dead and 92 hurt, from Fairfield, Calif., to Dallas and Jacksonville, Fla.
Grade: C (76/100). Gets a fact wrong.
- CenterStraight Arrow News: Multiple shootings reported nationwide over Halloween weekend
Straight Arrow quotes Dallas's police chief, Birmingham's mayor and Delaware's governor.
Grade: A (100/100). No problems found.
- From the RightFox News: Shootings near 5 college communities leave 3 dead, at least 29 injured
Fox reports shootings near Indiana, Delaware, Illinois Wesleyan, Boulder and the Magic City Classic.
Grade: C (76/100). Gets a fact wrong.
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