‘I tell her it's fireworks': How DC shootings affected 564 of 566 schools
Gunfire has affected almost every D.C. school over the past decade, risking profound impacts on children, an investigation by the News4 I-Team and The Trace Gun Violence Data Hub found
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Tale of two cities: What DC could learn from Baltimore's crime reduction approach
As the work to save lives and reign in gun violence continues across the nation two Mid-Atlantic cities are of particular interest for those who do this work: Baltimore and the District of Columbia. B... -
An officer's hope: ‘That better day is coming,' DC police veteran says
As the first month of 2024 wraps up, there are some signs of improvement in the District with homicides and violent crime down so far. But there’s still work to be done especially when it comes to you... -
Calls to overhaul District's violence reduction strategy
When the shots hit Reginald Jackson’s front door in Northeast D.C. in September 2022, bullets left holes in the metal screen and shattered the frame. He was inside when the shots were fired and ... -
The teacher shot by a 6-year-old still worries, a year later, about the other students in the room
She said she hopes their happiness “wasn’t completely stripped away.”
