Baltimore’s Ceasefire Weekends Dramatically Reduce Gun Violence, Study Finds

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While Baltimore continues to grapple with its high homicide rate, a new study looking at a community group’s efforts to stop the bloodshed shows those “ceasefire weekends” are making an impact.
The study, published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, found the ceasefire weekend initiative reduced gun violence by more than 50 percent during the weekends in which they were held.
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