Selwyn Rogers

Officers work at the scene where four people were killed and 14 people were wounded in a shooting near the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue in the River North neighborhood on July 2, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Anti-violence advocates: Why not hold gun manufacturers accountable for mass shootings like River North tragedy?

July 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinois pays an estimated $18.6 billion a year toward firearm injury and death. Firearm manufacturers share none of these costs.

Violence interrupters, background, stand next to Chicago police officers as police block traffic while large groups of teenagers move around downtown Chicago on May 8, 2021.

Teny Gross and Selwyn Rogers: Chicago’s community intervention groups offer hope for reducing gun violence

March 1, 2023 at 2:11 p.m.

For more than 30 years, each of us has worked on the front lines of gun violence. One works in the streets mediating conflicts and comforting victims. The other works...

Chicago police process a shooting scene Jan. 6, 2023, at a gas station in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard. A 16-year-old boy was killed and another teen was wounded.

Doctors: A firearm-related injury is a chronic and expensive condition, but many victims are forgotten

January 23, 2023 at 9:15 a.m.

Mass shootings turn heads and capture media headlines, but in truth they represent less than 1% of all shootings in America. Despite increasing recognition that firearm violence is an epidemic,...

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