Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin was among the 17 victims of the Parkland school shooting, was arrested for protesting during a hearing Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Family members of school shooting victims are sending a message to law makers, hitting the road to push for more gun control.

President Joe Biden was behind the podium Monday to tout a new law aimed at reducing gun violence -- the first major gun safety law in nearly three decades.

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.”

After more than two weeks protesting outside the White House and trying to speak with President Joe Biden, Manuel Oliver met with White House senior officials on Thursday and is leaving Washington.

Hundreds of drivers showed up Tuesday to a procession in honor of Andrea Camps, an 18-year-old Terra Environmental Research Institute student who was killed during a robbery in Miami-Dade County. Camps’ family asked the drivers to avoid stopping to respect social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic. She is in heaven now.”Hundreds of drivers participated in a procession Tuesday to say good bye to Andrea Camps, a shooting victim in Miami-Dade County. The drivers lined up on 117th Avenue and followed Miami-Dade police officers guiding them near the gravesite where Camps family greeted them in tears. The Camps Lacayo family is planning a mass when her headstone is ready for installation at the graveside.

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – A shooting left three people injured on Friday night outside of a funeral home near North Miami. According to Detective Christopher Thomas, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the three males suffered gunshot wounds to the upper torso. About 9:40 p.m., officers responded to the Funeraria Latina Emanuel Funeral Home at 14990 W. Dixie Highway. Thomas said the victims had been attending a wake and paramedics said one of the three victims was critically injured.

After the fatal shooting on North Miami Avenue at Northwest 20th Street, Walker ran away. Aguilar said the Miami Police Department has been testing facial recognition software by Clearview.AI, a New York-based tech company founded in 2017 by a 32-year-old entrepreneur. Lynwood Walker was booked in Miami-Dade County jail on Wednesday to face charges in a Wynwood shooting. (Miami-Dade County)In the Wynwood shooting case, he is facing charges of second-degree attempted murder with a deadly weapon and second-degree murder. Walker was out on bond when the Wynwood shooting happened.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent killed three family members, including two juveniles, and then himself at his Florida home, authorities said Thursday night. Deputies learned the family members hadn’t been seen since last week, so they entered the home and found the four bodies, he said. Investigators weren’t immediately identifying the victims or the agent, who worked at the Orlando International Airport. Mina said the dead included a woman in her 30s, a middle-school-age boy and a high-school-age boy. Officials didn’t immediately say how the victims were related to the agent.

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Frederick Eugene surrendered Thursday night in Miramar to face charges in the Jan. 31 killing of a 31-year-old father, police said. Detectives had a warrant for the arrest of Eugene, 33, in the fatal shooting of Jimmy Fleurimond, a father of four children whose youngest baby was 4 months old. Eugene is accused of shooting Fleurimond, who worked as a cook, near his home in the 6300 block of Southwest 27th Street in Miramar. No other information was immediately available.

Group holds vigil for children killed in gun violence, calls for actionPublished: January 1, 2020, 11:16 pmParents who have lost their children to gun violence are pushing for people to stop shooting.

A Monday night shooting left a family in mourning in Davie and a killer on the loose, according to the Davie Police Department. Lt. Mark Leone, a spokesman for the department, said officers found a man dead inside a car about 9 p.m. in the driveway of a home at 2700 SW 116 Ave., in the Majestic Groves community. Leone said the man was shot several times and the detectives’ investigation was ongoing Tuesday afternoon. Detectives have yet to release the identity of the shooting victim. According to the multiple listing service that real estate brokers use, the 3-bedroom home was listed for $1.08 million on Dec. 6.