Chicago Shooting Survivors Face Recovery With Few Resources
This conversation is part of a larger project led by Lakeidra Chavis, a 2020 Data Fellow, who is reporting on how the pandemic has affected shooting survivors in Chicago.
Her other stories include:
More Than 30,000 People Shot In Chicago In 10 Years. Here’s What Survivors Say Is Needed.
Introducing “Aftershocks,” a Series About Surviving Gun Violence in Chicago
How We Reported on Illinois’s Victim Compensation Program
How to Report on Victims Compensation in Your State
Part 1: In Chicago’s Roseland Neighborhood, a Mix of Grief and Perseverance
Part 2: Illinois Has a Program to Compensate Victims of Violent Crimes. Few Applicants Receive Funds.
Police tape marks off a Chicago street as officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the city's South Side on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. An argument in a house erupted into gunfire early Tuesday, police said. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Teresa Crawford / Associated Press
By Meha Ahmad
Out of every six people shot in Chicago, five survive. But while much of the attention from the media, law enforcement, city leaders and the public is on homicides, there is a hidden crisis across the city: the trauma of surviving.
Survivors face physical, psychological and emotional recovery with little to no help.
And each shooting — deadly or not — sends shockwaves through communities. Reset teamed up with the nonprofit newsroom The Trace to help survivors of gun violence tell their stories, and share what recovery looks like without proper support.
This conversation is part one of three.
GUEST: Lakeidra Chavis, reporter for The Trace in Chicago
[This article was originally published by WBEZ.]