How a gun violence spike in 2016 created a movement of Chicagoans that is still building

Kevin Terry, an outreach worker at ALSO, monitors hotspots in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and de-escalates potentially violent situations. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

In the summer of 2016, the Chicago White Sox were in the middle of their fourth losing season in a row. But their owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, had something more pressing on his mind: Chicago gun violence.

The city was experiencing a massive increase in shootings, up 50% compared to the year before.