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Community Violence
Police data reveals that drug money is helping the city’s gang members buy more firepower, while decades-old ‘Saturday Night Specials’ continue to claim victims.
City Limits
While investigators gathered evidence at the Inland Regional Center in the hours after the December 2 attack, longterm residents shared stories of one of the most overlooked strains of gun violence.
The deadliest incidents understandably generate the most intense interest. Meanwhile, the everyday gun violence that plagues some communities goes overlooked.
But the agency did it while avoiding actually studying guns' role in the violence it was researching — a line it is still at pains not to cross.
A Minnesota woman wrote the vow in 1996 before fading off the scene. Now Mary Lewis Grow is redoubling her efforts.
Last year, 88 percent of the guns recovered in Illinois were seized in Chicago. More than half of them came from out of state.
Local leaders say they know the drawbacks of harsh prison sentences, but can't wait for federal action to reduce shootings.
When Stevie Moore’s child was murdered in Memphis, he wanted revenge. Instead, he vowed to stop others from acting on that impulse.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: A turbulent Miami neighborhood where pushers sell guns and illegal concealed carry licenses at swap meets.
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.
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.
Spot treatments don't work if the larger problem is left unchecked.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Roanoke, Virginia, site of last week's on-air murders — and an overlooked spike in fatal shootings.
The murder occurred before Mothers Against Senseless Killings arrived for its nightly patrol.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Hartford, Connecticut.
