Syracuse, N.Y. — At first, it looked like a flare gun, but not quite. Syracuse police officers who had stopped a stolen car uncovered a flare gun that had been modified to fire shotgun shells, ...

A 29-year-old Auburn man waited nearly an hour to call 911 after shooting a man in the chest last week with a flare gun, killing him, according to King County prosecutors. Philip Urban was charged ...

Aug. 9—Felons have been know to obtain flare guns and modify them to shoot shotgun shells, a Decatur gun dealer said Monday, two days after a Lawrence County deputy fatally shot a man who authorities ...

MOULTON, Ala. — An Alabama deputy shot and killed a man who pointed a modified flare gun at him after fleeing a traffic stop, law enforcement officials said. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said ...