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Author Katherine Schweit on How To Stop Mass Shootings in the U.S.

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on April 3, 2023 · The former head of the FBI’s Active Shooter program explains this persisting issue in our country.

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How to Have Civil Conversations During Family Gatherings; Plus, the Latest on the Mass Shooting in Virginia

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on November 23, 2022 · Ways to approach (or avoid) difficult subjects at the holiday dinner table.

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Gun violence doesn’t discriminate: Quavo and others share their stories

Posted on September 28, 2023 · Almost a year after rapper, Takeoff, of the music trio Migos, was shot and killed, Quavo, his band mate and uncle, travels to Washington, D.C. to discuss gun violence prevention.

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Challenges remain as Houston police combat crime, homelessness in Midtown

Posted on September 8, 2023 · A division commander for the Houston Police Department says it is seeing encouraging signs after increasing its patrol presence in the vicinity of a gas station where there were two shootings in the span of a week earlier this summer.

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ShotSpotter program effectiveness questioned by Houston City Council members

Posted on August 3, 2023 · A year into the city's 5-year, $3.5 million contract with ShotSpotter, a sensor system that alerts law enforcement when a gunshot is detected, Amy Peck says the "jury is still out" on whether the program can be considered successful.

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Man accused of shooting 7-year-old son in face yet to be arrested, Houston police say

Posted on July 31, 2023 · The shooting occurred early Thursday morning at a convenience store in the Fifth Ward, where a man sitting in a vehicle outside also was injured. Police say the shooter then dropped off his injured son and another boy at a local hospital.

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