Ongoing Survival
After the nightmare of gun violence, survivors face difficult realities Fact checked by Shannon Sparks Andre Johnson was driving home from a basketball tournament, celebrating a victory, when carjackers opened fire without warning. Andre was shot four times; his best friend was killed. Andre describes what followed as a whirlwind. Overnight, he went from […]
Beyond Bullets
Can changing the way we medically treat gunshot wounds stem gun violence? If you watch local news in Chicago, you can’t escape stories about the city’s gun violence. But the stories don’t often go beyond the shootings themselves — and neither do most medical treatments. As of early December 2022, gun violence has killed 583 […]
