McKeesport students experience with gun violence helps shape priorities in Attorney General report WPXI [Video]

PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office published a report on Tuesday offering information about the impact of gun violence on teenagers.

The ‘teenTALK’ report comes after Attorney General Michelle Henry visited four school districts in the last year, including McKeesport, for “candid conversations with students about how gun violence impacts their mental health and what changes could make them feel safer.” During the sessions, Henry says students shared how they experience and perceive gun violence, shared their experiences with losing loved ones to violence and expressed frustration over adapting to gun violence as a common occurrence.

“This report captures the lessons we learned from honest discussions with future leaders who want to see change and want to have a role in making those changes realities in their neighborhoods,” Attorney General Henry said. “Until every student can grow up free from the scourge of gun violence, we must continue to …