Radio Rookies Bushwick

Guns

Radio Rookies | Jul 20, 2010

My story is about how easy it is for kids in Bushwick to get guns. I interview gun dealers, my principal and crime fighters.

My story is about how easy it is for kids in Bushwick to get guns. I interview gun dealers, my principal and crime fighters.

While reporting this story, a teenager was shot in my neighborhood. I saw him right after he got shot. Later, he died in the hospital. I share my feelings about this in my story too.

Jesus was mentored by Kaari Pitkin.

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