ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As communities gear up for the Fourth of July holiday, distinguishing between gunshots and fireworks becomes crucial — and sometimes confusing. Lieutenant Andrew Ashby of ...

The image compares sounds made by gunshots and fireworks. The two bars on the left show sounds made by the homemade handgun used to shoot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the others, from ...

were likely fireworks, Palo Alto police Sgt. Dan Pojanamat said. Embarcadero Media file photo. The police department received five calls reporting possible gunshots at 3:25 a.m. One caller said ...