Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday.

Life forever changed for Carolyn McCarthy on Dec. 7, 1993, the date of the infamous Long Island massacre when Colin Ferguson opened fire on a packed train, killing six and wounding 19 others. While ...

She went from political novice to leading advocate for gun reform after her husband was killed and her son severely injured ...

New York Democrat came to Congress after her husband and son were shot on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.

Former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, known as a prominent advocate for gun control, has died at the age of 81.

Carolyn McCarthy, a former Democratic U.S. Rep. and gun safety advocate, died Thursday. She was 81.

Longtime former Democratic New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy died Thursday at her home in Fort Myers, Florida. She was 81. No cause of death was given, though she had been diagnosed with lung cancer in ...

The political world in New York is grieving following news of the death of former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a staunch advocate for gun control after her husband was killed in the LIRR massacre.

Longtime former Democratic New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy died Thursday at her home in Fort Myers, Florida. She was 81. No cause of death was given, though she had been diagnosed with lung cancer ...

Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday. CBS News ...