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. 2021 Jan:39:225-226.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.006. Epub 2020 May 7.

Gun violence during COVID-19 pandemic: Paradoxical trends in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Baltimore

Mason Sutherland  1 , Mark McKenney  2 , Adel Elkbuli  3
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Gun violence during COVID-19 pandemic: Paradoxical trends in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Baltimore

Mason Sutherland et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan.
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Authors declare no competing interests.

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Number of gun related incidents from 2018 to 2020 amongst New York, Baltimore, Chicago, and Los Angeles. It can be observed that Los Angeles has experienced the largest amount of gun incidents in 2020 (N = 567) while New York has experienced the least (N = 172). 2018 was not available for Baltimore.
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