gun violence

Winn sat down with the Gulf States Newsroom's Kat Stromquist to discuss what causes Shreveport to struggle with shootings, and what could help.

Some residents say Shreveport’s history of mass incarceration has changed their community — and their families.

As violent crime slows down across the South, Shreveport is reckoning with the aftermath of an unusually deadly 2023.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear the latest on the candidates who are running for state office this fall. Also, we learn about a new survey of violence in Louisiana, and compare the data with a similar study conducted in California.

The Violence Policy Center, a non-profit educational organization, used the most recent CDC data on gun death rates in the U.S. for its analysis.

Advocates in New Orleans work to curb gun violence by focusing on prevention and community needs over policing and aim to spread it across the Gulf South.

Maeve Wallace, PhD, studies maternal mortality. Specifically, she studies the violent deaths of pregnant and postpartum women. She’s known for years that…

The head of New Orleans’ police department said Friday that “significant arrests,” related to the city’s violent crime spike, have been made in all eight…

New Orleans police still haven't made an arrest in the shooting of ten people on Canal Street in the French Quarter early Sunday morning. Previous reports…

Over the last four weeks, WWNO has brought listeners our series "This Is Why It Matters" - stories about people our community has lost to gun…