gun violence Archives - Pittsburgh's Public Source

Child painting on a blue paper taped to a wall, with the word "ALONE" written on it.

‘Bereavement deserts’: Amid a rise in parental deaths, grief in children often overlooked

by Michele Cohen Marill, MindSiteNews January 23, 2025January 31, 2025

‘My son needed something I couldn’t give’: Surviving parents seek grief support for kids.

Four individuals, three of whom are lying on the ground with rifles, are being observed and instructed by two individuals standing behind them in a room with chairs against the wall.

The pros and cons of school-sponsored shooting organizations

by Lajja Mistry July 25, 2024July 30, 2024

Off target? Mount Washington youth sports group offers AR-15 as raffle prize.

by Jamie Wiggan and Rich Lord February 28, 2024March 6, 2024

students sit around a desk in a classroom

Community storytelling

Tired of a slur used among our friends, we turned ‘Future Kings’ into a philosophy and a program

by First-person essay by Sean Spencer February 19, 2024September 24, 2025

Dan Leger, a survivor from the Tree of Life mass shooting, welcomes everyone to Thursday evening’s events in advance of the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. (Photo by Ben Brady/PublicSource)

Faith and Religion

‘I wake up every day and there’s yet another mass shooting’

by Matt Petras October 27, 2023October 28, 2023

Kalilah Stein, 14, on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in her neighborhood of Carrick. Kalilah learned to shoot at a young age from her grandfather. Now she lives in a neighborhood that has seen two young people shot fatally this year. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

I learned how to pull a trigger, and the same lessons are crucial to addressing gun violence

by First-person essay by Kalilah Stein May 26, 2023May 28, 2023

State Rep. Arvind Venkat, left, and Policy Director Dana Kellerman of Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence address an audience at the anti-gun-violence group's event at Congregation Rodef Shalom in Squirrel Hill North on May 10, 2023. The slide show reflected the proximity in time of the trial of the accused shooter in a 2018 massacre that killed 11 worshipers of other Squirrel Hill congregations. (Photo by Matt Petras/PublicSource)

As synagogue shooting trial approaches, anti-gun violence advocates meet in Squirrel Hill to turn poll numbers into law

by Matt Petras May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Maraya Hutchinson presents her Block Party project idea at a West End POWER event in the Chartiers City neighborhood. (Photo by Clare Sheedy/PublicSource)

‘The ball is rolling now.’ Braddock and West End teens share violence intervention initiatives they’ll roll out this summer.

by Amelia Winger April 17, 2023April 18, 2023

The teens featured in the From the Source podcast Season Four

FROM THE SOURCE PODCAST

Youth voices unleashed: From the Source finale | S4, Ep. 12

by Jourdan Hicks March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

FROM THE SOURCE PODCAST

Brandi’s antidote to teen gun violence | S4, Ep. 9

by Jourdan Hicks February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

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