Community Violence

Community Violence

In New Orleans, Former Football Players Grapple With Knowing ‘Both Sides of the Gun’

Two prominent local athletes discuss what it feels like to know both slain NFL star Will Smith and his alleged killer, Cardell Hayes.

Community Violence

Gun Homicides in San Bernardino Hit Grim Milestone

With 17 people shot and killed so far this year, the city's gun death total for 2016 just passed the toll from last December's mass shooting.

Community Violence

What It’s Like for Teachers When Their Students Get Shot

“Gun violence was a constant umbrella hanging over my students' lives and our classroom,” one writes.

Chicago

People Speaking Out Against Gun Violence Keep Getting Shot

Here’s the ugly math that explains the phenomenon.

Chicago

A Young Chicago Woman Has Lost 23 Loved Ones to Gun Violence. She Wants You To See Their Faces.

Camiella Williams bought her first gun in sixth grade. She mourned her first dead friend in high school. Now, she is fighting to save other Chicago kids, however long the odds.

Community Violence

Through Art, A Performer Heals Traumatized Youth from Pittsburgh’s Troubled Suburbs

It took a gruesome mass shooting to draw attention to the city's bordering towns, but Vanessa German has been trying to help kids in the gun violence-riddled area for years.

Community Violence

What Flint’s Water Crisis and Its Gun Violence Epidemic Have in Common

The city has one of the highest murder rates in the country. State cost-cutting measures, like the one that poisoned the Flint River, exacerbate the problem.

Community Violence

New Report Pinpoints the Hour When Americans Are Most Likely to Hear Gunfire

The insight is one of several contained in ShotSpotter's annual review.

Community Violence

Young Entrepreneur Gunned Down in His Popular New Jersey Sneaker Store

Jamal Gaines, 21, overcame a car accident and partial blindness to run a thriving business before he was shot and killed while closing up shop.

City Limits

One Busy New Orleans Corner Has Seen Six Shootings in Less Than Two Years

The intersection of Rampart and Canal has experienced its share of bloodshed. But other parts of the city have it worse.

Chicago

Combat Veterans Help Troubled Chicago Teens Cope with the War at Home

In the Urban Warriors program, former soldiers mentor inner-city kids exposed to constant gun violence.

Chicago

Chicago’s Most Popular Crime Guns: The Raw Data

In a follow up to our ranking of the top 20 crime guns used in Chicago, here is an itemized list — including the make, model, and caliber — of the 4,505 firearms connected to crimes in the city in 2014.

Chicago

Chicago Criminals’ Favorite Gunmakers: A Visual Ranking

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

How to Tell a Mass Shooting from Gang Gunfire, and Other Lessons from the Forgotten Streets of San Bernardino

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.

Community Violence

13 Mass Shootings You May Have Missed This Year

The deadliest incidents understandably generate the most intense interest. Meanwhile, the everyday gun violence that plagues some communities goes overlooked.