Community Violence

Bullets-Per-Body Rise in Chicago as High-Capacity Handguns Gain Criminal Following

Community Violence

Bullets-Per-Body Rise in Chicago as High-Capacity Handguns Gain Criminal Following

A new Chicago Sun-Times investigation into the city’s deaths by gun has a stunning statistic at its heart: not only did the city’s 2016 murder count rise to its highest level in 19 years, but fatal gunshot victims…

Alex Yablon
The End of DNAinfo and Gothamist Is a Loss for Local Coverage of Gun Violence

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The End of DNAinfo and Gothamist Is a Loss for Local Coverage of Gun Violence

The abrupt demise of DNAInfo and the Gothamist chain of local news blogs sent shockwaves through their cities’ media ecosystems. The outlets helped fill a news hole left by the closing or shrinking of legacy print newspapers in New…

Alex Yablon
A Chicago Program Proven to Lower Youth Violence is Enjoying a Growth Spurt

Community Violence

A Chicago Program Proven to Lower Youth Violence is Enjoying a Growth Spurt

At least 2,721 people people have been shot in Chicago this year. While that’s down from the same time last year, it still represents a 44 percent jump from five years ago. In one effort to stem the bloodshed,…

Jennifer Mascia
Community Violence

Latest Rifle Attack in Chicago Leaves Pregnant Woman Among the Dead

In the latest Chicago rifle shooting, four people, including a pregnant woman, were gunned down Friday night in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood. Over the last year and a half, several dozen people have been shot with rifles…

Jennifer Mascia
Chicago Block Patrolled By Moms Goes Two Years Without a Fatal Shooting

Community Violence

Chicago Block Patrolled By Moms Goes Two Years Without a Fatal Shooting

A group of Chicago mothers who have been patrolling a two-block stretch of South Stewart Avenue in the city’s Englewood neighborhood are celebrating three summers without a fatal shooting. “We’re doing better than most neighborhoods in Chicago and we’re…

Jennifer Mascia
The False Promises of the Trump Justice Department’s Strategy for Fighting Gun Violence

Community Violence

The False Promises of the Trump Justice Department’s Strategy for Fighting Gun Violence

Funneling more gun criminals to federal prison won't lead to fewer gun homicides. To understand why, just look at St. Louis.

Mark Obbie
My Job Is to Tell the Public When People Are Shot in Baltimore. This Time, It Was My Little Brother.

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My Job Is to Tell the Public When People Are Shot in Baltimore. This Time, It Was My Little Brother.

Stricken by grief by the July slaying, T.J. Smith, the chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, now feels overwhelmed by the support that has poured in from around the country.

Kerry Shaw and T.J. Smith as told to Kerry Shaw
America’s Top Cities for Homicides Are on Track for Historic Rates in 2017

Community Violence

America’s Top Cities for Homicides Are on Track for Historic Rates in 2017

Midyear data for fatal shootings show no relief for St. Louis and Detroit, and an acutely alarming trend in Baltimore.

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
At One Chicago Hospital, Shooting Victims Walk Right In

Chicago

At One Chicago Hospital, Shooting Victims Walk Right In

“Everything’s unknown in that situation,” said Doctor Kip Adrian, who says his team treats about 100 gunshot victims a year.

Linda Paul, WBEZ Chicago
Google Gives $2 Million to Curb Gun Violence

Community Violence

Google Gives $2 Million to Curb Gun Violence

The money will support prevention efforts in 10 cities.

Jackson Knapp
Meet the ‘Neighborhood Medics’ Trained to Save Chicago Shooting Victims Before Ambulances Arrive

Chicago

Meet the ‘Neighborhood Medics’ Trained to Save Chicago Shooting Victims Before Ambulances Arrive

A novel program turns bystanders into first responders.

Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ Chicago
Feds Say One of Chicago’s Last ‘Violence Interrupters’ Was Really a Gang Leader

Chicago

Feds Say One of Chicago’s Last ‘Violence Interrupters’ Was Really a Gang Leader

The arrest of Francisco Sanchez for illegal gun possession adds to the troubles facing Cure Violence in its hometown.

Ann Givens
We’re Just Starting to Comprehend How Social Media Breeds Shootings

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We’re Just Starting to Comprehend How Social Media Breeds Shootings

The future of gun violence prevention depends on decoding how tweeted taunts send bullets flying.

Desmond Patton
I Just Lost My Fourth Student This Year to Gun Violence. I Want to Make Sure He’s the Last.

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I Just Lost My Fourth Student This Year to Gun Violence. I Want to Make Sure He’s the Last.

A Baltimore principal wants her kids to better understand how certain relationships boost the odds that they will be shot.

Kerry Shaw and Tammatha Woodhouse as told to Kerry Shaw
Read the Open Letter Published By An ‘Unshackled’ Former U.S. Attorney on Chicago’s Gun Violence Problem

Chicago

Read the Open Letter Published By An ‘Unshackled’ Former U.S. Attorney on Chicago’s Gun Violence Problem

“My hope and goal is to just speak truth,” wrote Zachary Fardon, who resigned this week as the city’s top prosecutor.

Ann Givens

Gun violence journalism that informs and empowers.

Community Violence

Bullets-Per-Body Rise in Chicago as High-Capacity Handguns Gain Criminal Following

The End of DNAinfo and Gothamist Is a Loss for Local Coverage of Gun Violence

A Chicago Program Proven to Lower Youth Violence is Enjoying a Growth Spurt

Latest Rifle Attack in Chicago Leaves Pregnant Woman Among the Dead

Chicago Block Patrolled By Moms Goes Two Years Without a Fatal Shooting

The False Promises of the Trump Justice Department’s Strategy for Fighting Gun Violence

My Job Is to Tell the Public When People Are Shot in Baltimore. This Time, It Was My Little Brother.

America’s Top Cities for Homicides Are on Track for Historic Rates in 2017

At One Chicago Hospital, Shooting Victims Walk Right In

Google Gives $2 Million to Curb Gun Violence

Meet the ‘Neighborhood Medics’ Trained to Save Chicago Shooting Victims Before Ambulances Arrive

Feds Say One of Chicago’s Last ‘Violence Interrupters’ Was Really a Gang Leader

We’re Just Starting to Comprehend How Social Media Breeds Shootings

I Just Lost My Fourth Student This Year to Gun Violence. I Want to Make Sure He’s the Last.

Read the Open Letter Published By An ‘Unshackled’ Former U.S. Attorney on Chicago’s Gun Violence Problem