(NPR) Colorado Has More Mass Shootings Than Other Places. Thousands Have Trauma To Process

Colorado Has More Mass Shootings Than Other Places. Thousands Have Trauma To Process

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Star Samkus, who works at the King Soopers grocery store and knew three of the victims of a mass shooting at the store a day earlier, kneels in front of crosses placed in honor of the victims on Tuesday.



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Colorado Has More Mass Shootings Than Other Places. Thousands Have Trauma To Process

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A 2019 Denver Post analysis found that the area had the third-most mass shootings, per capita, of the country's largest metro areas since 1999. Survivors and experts say there's a cumulative effect to so many shootings.