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Listening To Student Voices On Gun Violence In Chattanooga

WUTC

Published June 10, 2022 at 11:37 AM EDT

LaDarius Price speaks to the audience of students, families, and officials at a Lighthouse Collective discussion at Brainerd High School on gun violence on June 7, 2022.

La Shawn Pagán is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

She covers crime and the courts - and that beat includes the recent mass shootings here in Chattanooga and their aftermath.

On Tuesday, La Shawn visited Brainerd High School to cover a roundtable discussion between students and local leaders organized by the Lighthouse Collective, a community engagement program in Chattanooga that focuses on mentoring young Black boys and men.

Yesterday, La Shawn stopped by our studio.