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Did you hear that after seven years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms finally has a new chief, B. Todd Jones? Yes, it does. The bureau had been leaderless through the entire Obama administration, thanks to the usual coalition of Republican Senators and the National Rifle Association, which preferred the A.T.F. to be as toothless as possible. Obama’s first-term nominee never even came to a vote.

Jones was nominated for the post shortly after Newtown. Yesterday, the Democratic leadership decided to bring the nomination to a vote—which of course meant getting 60 votes to cut off the prospect of a filibuster. Apparently, it was quite the spectacle. First, according to the Associated Press, it required the pro-gun freshman Senator from North Dakota, Heidi Heitkamp, to fly in from her home state, where she was said to be ill. Then Democrats, needing one Republican to switch from a “no” vote to a “yes,” spent several hours trying to persuade Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to make the switch. Republicans, meanwhile, where trying just as hard to get her to stand firm. After what the Associated Press called a “prolonged spectacle,” she changed her vote, and the Senate proceeded to confirm Jones.

Now, of course, the question is whether, given the many restrictions Congress has placed on the A.T.F., Jones will be able to actually accomplish anything. Here is today’s report.

—Joe Nocera

A 4-year-old girl was shot when she ran through the line of fire of a .22-caliber rifle shot by her 8-year-old brother, who was aiming at a target in their east central Indiana yard Sunday. Madison Dyer, 4, suffered a head wound and underwent surgery. “This obviously is nothing more than a tragic accident,” Capt. Patrick Wells said.

—The Star Press

Four people were injured in a shooting just outside of Hobbs, N.M., Tuesday night. Police say they found Karen Teel, 49; Jerry Teel, 24; Omar Gutierrez, 23; and Joe Delao, 18, suffering from gunshot wounds to their faces and arms. Police are questioning suspects.

—KRQE.com

44-year-old Michelle Snyder was shot and killed by her daughter’s fiancé, a disabled Army veteran who then fatally shot himself, in Danielsville, Pa., Monday night. Police said there was evidence of violence in the home just before the shootings. Robert Kislow III, 27, had been severely wounded during a Taliban attack in Afghanistan in 2005 and suffered from PTSD.

—The Morning Call

A 28-year-old woman was shot in the neck outside a pizza parlor in midtown Kansas City, Mo., early Wednesday after she refused to hand over her purse. As the victim and two friends sat at an outside table, two men walked by several times and one of them pulled out a gun. The victim said she had bought a plastic pirate hook for her boyfriend’s 4-year-old son and wasn’t going to give it up. As the men fled with the purses, the pizza shop manager came out and fired shots at the robbers.

—The Kansas City Star

Derrick Lyman, 24, was shot and killed in an apartment complex in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa., Wednesday evening. The victim was shot in the arm and chest and found lying in a hallway at about 6:30 p.m. No arrests have been made and police don’t have suspects or a motive.

—Post-Gazette.com

A Jacksonville, Fla., police officer was shot and wounded while arresting a burglar at a pawn shop Wednesday afternoon. The suspect reached for a gun at Officer J.C. Prentice’s waist, and he was shot in the right forearm. Police believe the gunman, his wife and daughter have committed multiple burglaries in the Arlington area.

—Jacksonville.com

A prison inmate who was brought to Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston, Mass., for treatment Wednesday grabbed a sheriff deputy’s gun as his handcuffs were being removed and shot him in the leg. Another sheriff’s deputy then shot the inmate, who is in critical condition.

—WHDH.com

A shooting on the southwest side of Fort Wayne, Ind., left two people dead and a woman wounded. “All I heard was a kid come screaming and said someone’s been shot,” Sarah Mix, a neighbor, said. Police are investigating.

—Wane.com

A man was shot in the back and wounded in the courtyard of an East Knoxville, Tenn., public housing complex Wednesday afternoon. Police are searching for the shooter. The attack was the fifth shooting reported in Knoxville since Monday night.

—KnoxNews.com

20-year-old Briana Raquel Young was killed in a gang-related shooting at a park in Tyler, Tex., early Wednesday. Young was at the park with her 3-year-old son, who was not injured. Briana’s brother, William Thomas Young, was shot to death in 1999 at age 18.

—KLTV.com

A 44-year-old man was killed and a 48-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday night. Detectives continue to investigate.

—WIVB.com

Sam Martin, 38, was shot in the shoulder and injured in Hartselle, Ala., early Wednesday. The victim’s girlfriend, Amanda Westmoreland Engle, 35, was arrested.

—Decatur Daily

Two men were injured in two separate shootings in east Baltimore, Md., early Wednesday. Officers found a man shot in the chest in the Johnston Square neighborhood. The second shooting victim told police that he had been relieving himself in an alley when he was shot in the right foot. Police have no suspects in either case.

—The Baltimore Sun

A young man was shot in the head and killed during a drug deal gone wrong in a bar parking lot in Carneys Point Township, N.J., Wednesday afternoon. Five people are in police custody.

—NBC 10 Philadelphia

Two teenagers, ages 16 and 17, were injured when a fight escalated to gunfire at a park in Benton Harbor, Ind., Wednesday afternoon. One of the victims was shot in the stomach and underwent surgery, and the other was shot in the arm. Police are looking for one suspect.

—WSBT.com

One man died and another was injured after being shot at a marijuana grow operation in Sun Valley, Calif., Tuesday night. The shooting stemmed from an altercation between a group of men at the grow house and two men who responded to the location after being contacted by the alarm company about a possible burglary. Narcotics agents were awaiting a search warrant so they could remove the drugs.

—KTLA5

A teenager and an adult were injured in a shooting at a barn in Keystone Heights, Fla., Wednesday afternoon. A shotgun held by the barn’s owner, a man in his 70s, either discharged or malfunctioned, injuring his hands and seriously injuring the teenager. An investigation is ongoing.

—Gainesville.com

A man and two teenagers were injured in a drive-by shooting in north Philadelphia, Pa., early Wednesday. Police say a group of people were outside when a green van pulled up and at least one person inside opened fire. At least nine shots were heard. Two of the victims, ages 19 and 25, were shot in the leg. A 13-year-old boy sustained a gunshot wound to the hip. The motive remains under investigation.

—6ABC.com

A 19-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach in Swissvale, Pa., Tuesday night. Marcel Thompson, 19, is being sought.

—CBS Pittsburgh

22-year-old Alexander Robinson, Jr. was shot and killed after a fight broke out at La Zen nightclub in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Tuesday night. Officers confronted the suspected gunman, 29-year-old Daymon Omar Anderson, and took him into custody.

—WPTV.com

A man was shot to death outside of a Nashville, Tenn., bar early Wednesday. Loren Ross, 48, was walking to his car outside Last Time Around Bar at about 12:45 a.m. when he was shot multiple times by an unidentified man. A witness told police it appeared Ross was being robbed and then fought back. The suspect is at large. Ross was a three-time USA Amateur boxing champ.

—The Tennessean

Michael Davis, 26, was shot and critically injured in a home in New Port Richey, Fla., and Jeffrey Ronald Davis, 44, the father of his live-in girlfriend, was charged with second-degree murder. Snow said deputies have responded to domestic-related incidents there at least five times.

—Tampa Bay Times

An 18-year-old man was shot and wounded in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday afternoon. Police found a blood trail leading to a nearby house that indicates a second victim, whom they are now seeking.

—WHAS11

A man was shot in the chest at a gas station in Hooksett, N.H., early Wednesday. The victim was sitting in a car with Orlando Quintana, and for some reason, Quintana shot the man. He was charged with first-degree assault.

—WMUR9

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 6,707 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.