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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Half of Chicagoans witness a shooting by age 40, study found

Crime scene tape on the pavement of a West Loop alley. (Getty)

More than half of Chicagoans will witness a shooting by age 40, according to a study published Tuesday, and the numbers look even worse when broken down by race. 

Over half of Black and Latino study participants, compared to one-fourth of white participants, had witnessed a shooting by that age, according to the study. Results of the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, were released Tuesday.

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