Dixie Pipeline: Guns Bought in Mississippi Often Reach Chicago Streets

For close to seven years, a Mississippi man bought firearms in and around Natchez before sending them to contacts in Chicago, many of them family members he grew up with.

Gun ViolenceKatherine MitchellAugust 29, 2019gun violence, targeting gun violence project, Chicago, mississippi, gangs, gun trade, pipeline, guns

Scarred By Gang Violence, Greenwood Residents Rally to Rescue City’s Youth

GREENWOOD, Miss. — Do not call Brittany Gray, Kenderick Cox and Marcellus Gray activists. The Greenwood natives prefer to be called who they are — members of the community.

Gun ViolenceKatherine MitchellAugust 29, 2019targeting gun violence project, mentoring, gangs, gang violence, Chicago, mississippi

Scarred By Chicago Gun Violence, Student Finds Refuge, Purpose in Mississippi

“I don't know how to tell you this, but your brother was shot.”
Michael Taylor’s heartbeat quickened. He was having difficulty breathing.

Gun ViolenceKatherine MitchellAugust 29, 2019targeting gun violence project, mississippi, chicago, theatre, gun violence

Youth caught in crosshairs of cycles of gun violence. Is anybody listening?

JACKSON, Miss. — Cassio Batteast, a community advocate in Jackson, recently sat down with 20 of the students in the local school district who were causing the most trouble.

Gun ViolenceKatherine MitchellApril 24, 2019Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi, gun violence in mississippi, guns, targeting gun violence project, school shooting statistics, parkland shooting

Ex-juvenile offender finds key to stem youth crime: Give kids hope

JACKSON, Miss. — Tommie Mabry was 12 when a bullet grazed him while he was burglarizing a home he thought was empty.

Gun ViolenceKatherine MitchellApril 24, 2019Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi, gun violence in mississippi, guns, targeting gun violence project, school shooting statistics, parkland shooting

Jackson, Miss., turns to innovative program to lower its gun deaths

Jackson, Mississippi, is looking at its highest homicide rate in 20 years from a public health perspective. Its response could be a model for the rest of the South

Gun ViolenceMeagan JustusFebruary 27, 2019Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingtargeting gun violence project, gun violence, gun violence in mississippi, gun violence in MS, mississippi, guns

Advocacy runs in her blood

Jackson, Miss. — She remembers the frantic knocks at the door and the family friend who waited almost hysterical on the other side. 

Meagan JustusFebruary 27, 2019