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Elizabeth Van Brocklin was a reporter at The Trace from 2015 to 2019.
Aftermath
Will Thomas spent years being angry after he was gunned down in a Cincinnati street and left paralyzed from the waist down. Now he’s ready for a change.
After a group of men opened fire on her and her friends in Washington, D.C., Ra’Shauna Brown had nightmares about being shot. One of the ways she took back control was to buy and master guns of her own.
At 23, Layla Bush was excited to work her first real desk job after college. Then a gunman opened fire at her Seattle office, killing one. She was the person who buzzed him inside.
Javier Arango remembers seeing his first dead body at the age of 4. Born in conflict-ravaged Colombia, he moved to Oakland for refuge — only to be paralyzed by a bullet.
Shot and Forgotten
At a recent performance in New York, gun violence survivors shared stories of loss and resilience.
Michael Green was just 12 years old, playing basketball near his Detroit home, when he got caught in a crossfire. He still sees one of the suspects around the neighborhood.
Surviving a shooting, or losing a loved one to a bullet, can result in a lifetime of struggle. Especially when new horrors play on a loop.
Carmen Alegria and Angelica Soto traveled to Las Vegas to attend a country music festival. When the gunfire began, they relied on their bond to get out alive.
Our podcast on gun violence survivors begins with a visit with Clai Lasher-Sommers, who was shot in the back by her stepfather when she was 13 years old. Nearly 50 years later, she is still healing.
Ever imagine what it's like to be shot? Reporters Amber Hunt of the Cincinnati Enquirer and Elizabeth Van Brocklin of The Trace traveled the country talking to people who know too well.
Data
Gunshot victims are four times more likely to die before reaching a hospital than they were a decade ago, according to a new nationwide analysis from Johns Hopkins. The findings suggest that gunshot injuries may be growing more lethal.
A resource for shooting survivors seeking financial support.
Hours after a gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds more in Las Vegas last October, donations for victims and their families began pouring in. A GoFundMe campaign launched by local leaders would raise $11 million in three weeks.
"I don't even have a primary care doctor."
New research shines a light on an understudied, and enormous, expense.