After a shooting, community and health leaders step up to help survivors heal

In a piece for The Tribe about the immense effort it takes for a community to heal after one or more of its members have been lost to gun violence, reporter NaBeela Washington cites research from the University of Chicago Crime Lab: 

According to the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, there are about 600 homicides and 2,800 shootings each year in Chicago, underscoring the critical need for comprehensive support systems. Cook County, where Chicago is located, has a gun death rate of 18.2 per 100,000 people. In comparison, counties like St. Clair and Vermilion in Illinois have higher gun death rates, with 24.3 and 22.3 per 100,000 people, respectively. 

Read the full story here: https://thetriibe.com/2024/07/it-takes-a-village-chicagos-systems-of-healing-post-gun-violence/