After Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded the citywide curfew in response to a shooting, teenagers spoke about Chicago’s gun violence crisis and their relationship to the city.
In 2020, the murder rate with handguns was the highest in 25 years, with over 10,000 gun-related deaths of children and adults younger than 24 years. Firearm-related murders increased by 35% among children and young adults, from 2019 to 2020. And it has a significant impact on young people’s mental health.
Chicago doctors from Lurie's Children Hospital and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin call for action in wake of this month's mass shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and at a Buffalo, New York grocery store.