Birmingham, Ala., which had a record year for homicides, is trying to curb shootings by blocking streets. But the effort has ...

Every city that sees high rates of violent crime and tragedy wants to find solutions ... can institutionalize those efforts to reduce crime and gun violence in the city of Portsmouth." ...

For instance, earlier in my career I naively assumed that focusing on mental illness would substantially reduce interpersonal ... Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions (where I am the Co ...

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The video features teenagers from Southwest Florida, and Trish Routte with Crimestoppers says some of them had to bury a friend who lost their life from gun violence.