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Elizabeth Van Brocklin was a reporter at The Trace from 2015 to 2019.
Chicago
The worst is hearing people scream — especially mothers — at the sight of a dead loved one.
City Limits
When Stevie Moore’s child was murdered in Memphis, he wanted revenge. Instead, he vowed to stop others from acting on that impulse.
Ghost Guns
A string of high-profile crimes involving untraceable firearms has authorities on edge. Says one federal agent: “We have no way of knowing what’s out there."
Q & A
Shooters Shop sits just down the road from the notorious gun seller once known as Badger Guns. Here's how it avoids repeating its neighbor's offenses.
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.
In Memoriam
The Clackamas Town Center killings were three years ago. Each new high-profile attack brings Jenna Yuille right back to that day.