After-school killings spike near CPS schools
A WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis found the total number of shootings near CPS schools as students headed home was up slightly in 2022.
In 2022, Chicago Public Schools saw 41 after-school shooting incidents near schools involving children 19 years old and younger. And in the last decade, there was an average of three murders of kids under 17 each year, a WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times analysis found.
And calls are growing louder for city officials and the district to take action.
Reset finds out more on what’s behind the spike in shootings near CPS schools and learns about potential solutions.
GUESTS: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporterNader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times reporter
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After-school killings spike near CPS schools
A WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis found the total number of shootings near CPS schools as students headed home was up slightly in 2022.
In 2022, Chicago Public Schools saw 41 after-school shooting incidents near schools involving children 19 years old and younger. And in the last decade, there was an average of three murders of kids under 17 each year, a WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times analysis found.
And calls are growing louder for city officials and the district to take action.
Reset finds out more on what’s behind the spike in shootings near CPS schools and learns about potential solutions.
GUESTS: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporterNader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times reporter