Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings  

By Editor - Tue Mar 14, 4:13 am

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Diego never imagined he’d carry a gun. Not as a child, when shots were fired outside his Chicago-area home. Not at age 12, when one of his friends was gunned down. Diego’s mind changed at 14, when he and his friends were getting ready to walk to midnight Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe . But instead of hymns, Diego heard gunfire, and then screaming. A gang member shot two people, including one of Diego’s friends, who was hit nine times

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Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings

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