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Harrowing surveillance footage captured the moment a man was fatally shot while crossing a Bronx street — hand-in-hand with his 6-year-old daughter. The clip, tweeted by Rodney Harrison, the NYPD’s chief of detectives, opens with Anthony Robinson approaching the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and East 170th Street in Mount Eden around 5:50 p.m. Sunday. Clasping his young daughter’s left hand in his right, Robinson, 29, stops at a crosswalk to eye a dark sedan slowing next to them, appearing to check whether the driver was turning into their path. But the driver continues to roll along next to father and...

A man was fatally shot Wednesday evening in southwest Houston while eating crawfish at a Cajun restaurant, the Houston Police Department said. The 29-year-old man was seated while eating in the Cajun Kitchen at 11900 Bellaire around 9 p.m. when two men entered and shot him in the head, police said. The owner of the restaurant chased the suspects and fired several shots at the gunmen before they escaped. The victim was taken to Ben Taub Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity is pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office.

Responsible gun safety is no accident - Monday, June 9, 2003 SUMMARY: Following a few simple safety rules and common sense prevent tragedies like this. Bret Chaussee died the kind of death that's practically unheard of in America. The 49-year-old Philipsburg man was shot to death May 25 at a gun club. Normally, your average gun club would have to rank among the world's safest places. The potential danger inherent when you have groups of people with loaded guns makes most gun club members, visitors, officers and managers absolute zealots on safe gun handling. Obviously, something was amiss at the...