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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alejandro Serrano and Susie Webb

A public health response helped reduce fatal car wrecks in Texas. Can it do the same for gun deaths?

Austin police responds to a homicide incident in North Austin on the early hours on June 28, 2019. Police reported that officers nearby heard gunshots then found a crashed vehicle. Inside,  Joseph Anthony Aguilar Campos was found dead and slumped over. Police believe there was a gun battle and later arrested and charged John Paul Rivera for homicide.
Austin police respond to a homicide in North Austin in the early hours on June 28, 2019. Police reported that officers heard gunshots, then found a crashed vehicle. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

When Mark Rosenberg started a branch of the Center for Disease Control to study violence in 1983, he decided to model his work on existing research about another rising cause of injuries and death — motor vehicle crashes.

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