A new program in Brownsville aims to break the link between two common types of shootings

WNYC News | Jul 10, 2023

In Brooklyn, thousands of people are arrested each year on domestic violence charges. Many of those people later go on to be charged with gun crimes.

But the two forms of violence are rarely treated as connected issues. WNYC’s Samantha Max found a new program in Brownsville is trying to change that. She teamed up with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun issues, to report this story.

 

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