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Our reporter went on patrol with police in Jackson, Mississippi, which has a homicide rate 15 times the national average
For four years running Jackson, Mississippi, has recorded the highest homicide rate of any American city, cementing its reputation as the murder capital of the US.
The youths, some as young as 12, can rarely cope with the powerful recoil on their weapons, making them poor shots but often resulting in a careless burst of gunfire into surrounding homes and vehicles. “We have actually arrested more juveniles than you can imagine for capital murder or murder that were using switches,” she says.
My day in America’s murder capital, where 12-year-olds have weapons
Our reporter went on patrol with police in Jackson, Mississippi, which has a homicide rate 15 times the national average