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After-School Killings Spike Near CPS Schools
After-School Killings Spike Near CPS Schools
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There were 41 after-school shooting incidents in 2022 near public schools in Chicago involving people 19 years old and younger. And in the last decade, there was an average of three murders of kids under 17 each year, a WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times analysis found. Now calls are growing louder for city officials and the district to take action. Reset finds out more on what’s behind the spike in shootings near CPS schools and learns about potential solutions with reporters Sarah Karp and Nader Issa.
Released:
Feb 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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