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The Trajectory
Community leaders say it’s not attributable to a single initiative, but rather a tapestry of collaborative, mostly grassroots efforts.
Year in Review
Gun deaths are down this year — but not yet to levels seen before the start of the pandemic.
Philadelphia
For the first time in three years, the city is poised to end 2023 with fewer than 500 fatalities — but the gunshots, sirens, and recurring cycles of mourning persist.
Chicago
Residents say consistent violence reduction efforts would make them feel more safe in their neighborhoods.
The city's gun violence crisis claimed more than 90 percent of deaths.
Danielle Outlaw heads a dwindling police force in a city that just logged 500 homicides, but Philadelphians from all walks of life are giving her the benefit of the doubt.
Q & A
Precious Lives Senior Producer Emily Forman shares her experience covering the daily drumbeat of shootings in Wisconsin’s largest city.
City Limits
In a city with a homicide rate higher than Chicago’s, residents say they feel left behind. “We have lost just about everything,” says one.
In a 14-year span, the city’s African-American population plummeted by an estimated 200,000.
Data
New research found that one hospital's gunshot wound patients were far more likely to die within five years.
