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What It Sounds Like When a Family Learns Their 7-Year-Old Is Dead From a Gunshot

Chicago

What It Sounds Like When a Family Learns Their 7-Year-Old Is Dead From a Gunshot

“It’s really just ... something you shouldn’t have to hear.”

Elizabeth Van Brocklin
Kids Who Pick Out Their Own Caskets, and Other Voices from the Front Lines of Gun Violence

City Limits

Kids Who Pick Out Their Own Caskets, and Other Voices from the Front Lines of Gun Violence

Mass shootings pushed the issue to the fore, but these excerpts from our City Limits series tell the stories of the everyday gunfire victims who still go ignored.

Akoto Ofori-Atta
‘My Job in the City Right Now Is to Try to Calm It Down’

City Limits

‘My Job in the City Right Now Is to Try to Calm It Down’

When Stevie Moore’s child was murdered in Memphis, he wanted revenge. Instead, he vowed to stop others from acting on that impulse.

Elizabeth Van Brocklin
‘He Had to Sit There and Hold his Brother’s Head, and Watch the Life Ooze Out’

City Limits

‘He Had to Sit There and Hold his Brother’s Head, and Watch the Life Ooze Out’

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Portland, Oregon, where a homicide rocked a peaceful neighborhood the night after the Roseburg college shooting.

Elizabeth Van Brocklin
“He Said, ‘Lady, Your Kid’s Dead.’ That’s How I Found Out.”

City Limits

“He Said, ‘Lady, Your Kid’s Dead.’ That’s How I Found Out.”

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from Houston, Texas, where a rash of brutal shootings and a rising homicide rate have left residents and officials with more questions than answers.

Kate Masters
‘The Reality Doesn’t Set in Until You’re in the Medical Examiner’s Office and You Really Take a Look at Your Daughter.’

Chicago

‘The Reality Doesn’t Set in Until You’re in the Medical Examiner’s Office and You Really Take a Look at Your Daughter.’

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Two prominent Chicago activists on what it's like to lose a loved one to a fatal shooting after fighting so hard to stop them.

Kate Masters
‘I’m Mad. I Have a Right to Be.’ Three Residents of Washington, D.C. on the Human Costs of Their City’s Surging Gun Violence

City Limits

‘I’m Mad. I Have a Right to Be.’ Three Residents of Washington, D.C. on the Human Costs of Their City’s Surging Gun Violence

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from a capital city where murders have already matched last year's total, and shootings are spilling outside the hardest-bitten neighborhoods.

Kate Masters
‘When I’m the Trauma Surgeon on Call and I Hear About a Gunshot Wound, I Have to Cross My Fingers and Say a Little Prayer’

City Limits

‘When I’m the Trauma Surgeon on Call and I Hear About a Gunshot Wound, I Have to Cross My Fingers and Say a Little Prayer’

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Hartford, Connecticut.

Jennifer Mascia
‘What Do You Do When Your Daddy Says It’s Alright to Murder a Man?’

City Limits

‘What Do You Do When Your Daddy Says It’s Alright to Murder a Man?’

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Baltimore, Maryland.

Jennifer Mascia
‘You Know How Long It Takes to Get an Illegal Gun on the North Side of Milwaukee? Minutes.’

City Limits

‘You Know How Long It Takes to Get an Illegal Gun on the North Side of Milwaukee? Minutes.’

Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: A Midwestern city battles an all-American problem.

Jennifer Mascia