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When a potential shooter locked down parts of Indiana University's campus in September, Mary Claire Molloy had to confront the emotional reverberations of our gun violence crisis.
Since Parkland
In the two years following the devastating mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 14 students and three teachers dead, gun violence has continued to take a toll on young people across the country.
We launched Since Parkland with a simple mission in mind: to tell the stories of nearly 1,200 children and teens who were shot and killed in America in the year following the Parkland massacre. We worked with student journalists…
Working in partnership with The Trace and the Miami Herald, teen journalists across the country have created an unprecedented record of how gun violence impacts America’s children.
How We Fix This
Safe storage, red flag laws, group therapy, and focusing on likely offenders can help prevent shootings.
In Since Parkland, teen journalists across the country have created an unprecedented record of how gun violence impacts America’s children. A special project from The Trace and the Miami Herald.
