Dozens of workers rallied in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, ahead of Dollar General’s shareholder meeting to speak out against the all-too-common violence inside the country’s fastest-growing ...

Since 2014, there have been 49 workers and customers killed and 172 injured at Dollar General stores, according to data from non-profit group Gun Violence Archive.

Violence is not unique to Dollar General. Retail stores are the second most common location for mass shootings (after the workplace), according to the Violence Project, non-profit group.

In August alone, seven people died in gun violence at dollar store locations, including the three deaths at the Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Dollar General and Dollar Tree have also become the site of sudden and at times fatal acts of violence. Dollar General clerk Gabrielle Simmons is one of those victims. She was shot to death during ...

“Understaffing and poor security measures at Dollar General stores may also contribute to increased risk of gun violence to staff and communities,” shareholders wrote in the annual repor ...

The chain's stores have also been backdrops for robberies and gun violence. Nearly 50 people have died and 172 injured in Dollar General stores between 2014 and 2023, according to data from the ...

Addressing anti-Black violence would require that we take ... Dr. King wanted us to have more options than the toys at Dollar General. Still, the speech is rightly remembered for the hopefulness ...

It happened at a Dollar General on Kings Road when the horrific ... happened was unacceptable and we should never accept that violence, the hurt and the tragedy the trauma which we all have ...

Stores such as Dollar General have become an increasingly important ... According to Waters, the shooter was involved in a 2016 domestic violence call that did not result in an arrest.

Dollar General reopened the store in January ... the Dollar General shooter was unusual in that he carried out racial violence, but he is not a one-off in the views that motivated him.

“But it's only if they're using their speech to entice others to cause violence.” Dollar General changes: New Town Dollar General reopens Friday, 5 months after racially motivated shooting The ...