Opinion: The everyday tragedy of gun violence

Armed commandos stand by as special guests are evacuated from the back of the Washington Hilton after shots were reportedly fired during the White House Correspondents' dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2026. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via /AFP hide caption toggle caption ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via /AFP Last Saturday night's attempted attack on the White House Correspondents Association Dinner felt shocking. Gunshots popped. Politicians and media figures in formal clothes dove for cover under white-clothed tables, alongside catering staff and hotel workers. The attacker was stopped before anyone was seriously hurt, and it was, of course, headline news. Here are some other stories from last weekend the you may not have heard. The afternoon before the correspondents' dinner, 16-year-old Marquise Byfield was shot and killed inside a deli in Brooklyn. Police say there have been 15 shootings since the beginning of the year just within that precinct. Later that night, 17-year-old Trashawn Foster was shot near a park in Homestead, Florida, just south of Miami. He was airlifted to a hospital, and died. Early Saturday morning,16-year-old Kha'Mari Harrison was shot and killed in an apartment complex in Hope Mills, North Carolina. …