Alma Beauvais

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids? The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.

The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis is the 5th person to be shot and killed by federal immigration agents since President Trump began his crackdown last year.

This is the 19th time they've opened fire.

We're tracking incidents here:

Losing Her Son in a Shooting Shattered Her Life. Then She Turned Her Pain Into Purpose Juanita Agnew has channeled her grief into preventing other families from enduring a similar loss.

Her son was killed while raking leaves. Juanita Agnew turned an unimaginable loss into a mission to prevent gun violence. Beautiful reporting by @almabeauvais.bsky.social for @thetrace.org

Young People Are More Likely to Have Encountered a Mass Shooting — And Another After That The Brown University shooting underscored that a growing number of young people have been forced to endure more than one traumatic shooting.

"Why did this happen to me, not just once, but twice?"

Only in America are there survivors of multiple mass shootings. One of them spoke to @almabeauvais.bsky.social:

ChatGPT Might Have a School Shooting Problem A researcher was able to coax AI to provide pointers for a hypothetical "Nerf ambush" that could easily be translated into instructions for a school mass shooting.

ChatGPT has a long way to go. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/scho...

Young People Are More Likely to Have Encountered a Mass Shooting — And Another After That The Brown University shooting underscored that a growing number of young people have been forced to endure more than one traumatic shooting.

A new era: More young people have lived through more than one mass shooting. Terrific reporting by @almabeauvais.bsky.social www.thetrace.org/2025/12/mult...

Trump’s Big Crime Lies As the president prepares to send federal troops into Memphis and Chicago, we debunk a few of his most mendacious talking points.

Trace news writer @jenmascia.bsky.social debunks Trump's claims about crime:

When Domestic Violence Grant Funding Is Lost, What’s Plan B? DEK: Multiple sites are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled a program designed to help tackle the dangers posed by guns in domestic abuse situations.

Multiple sites around the country are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled funding for the Firearms Technical Assistance Project, a program that brings together community organizations to tackle the dangers posed by guns in domestic abuse situations. www.thetrace.org/2025/09/trum...

The Large Division winner of the Insight Award for Visual Journalism is “She Lost Her Sons to Shootings. She Now Carries Their Legacy” by Vincent Alban for @thetrace.org.

When Domestic Violence Grant Funding Is Lost, What’s Plan B? DEK: Multiple sites are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled a program designed to help tackle the dangers posed by guns in domestic abuse situations.

The Trump administration cut funding to a federal program designed to tackle the dangers posed by guns in domestic abuse situations. As domestic violence scramble, they fear a loss of progress in programming and are searching for an alternative.

Gun Rights Supporters Could Accept Significant Regulations, Per Industry’s Research After Parkland, the gun industry found that people with “positive feelings” about gun ownership were open to common reform arguments.

As people once again think about gun reforms in the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, I hope you’ll read my latest story, which is based on gun industry documents and pubbed in partnership with @thetrace.org and @rollingstone.com

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The Armed Era You drop your child off at kindergarten where they learn how to hide from an active shooter. You spot a rifle-strapped shopper in the cereal aisle at the supermarket. You stuff your belongings in a cl...

Some helpful historical context from my colleagues @jenmascia.bsky.social and @bychipbrownlee.com on how we got here www.thetrace.org/2024/04/colu...

What Would a More Effective Policing Strategy Look Like in D.C.? We spoke with crime prevention expert David Kennedy about the Trump administration’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

In the 1990s, John Jay professor David Kennedy pioneered a groundbreaking violence prevention strategy. @bychipbrownlee.com spoke to him about Trump's strategy to reduce crime in D.C. and what a more effective approach might look like.

'It's a Bully Tactic': Minneapolis Violence Interrupters Stand Off With the City At the height of the racial justice protests in 2020, the Rev. Jerry McAfee was on the front lines in Minneapolis. When residents filled the streets after George Floyd’s murder, McAfee and other veter...

The latest from @josiahbates.bsky.social

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Historically, presidents have deployed the National Guard to desegregate schools and protect civil rights protesters — not to police street crime, experts say. There’s little research about using the guard for everyday policing, largely because that kind of deployment is unprecedented thetr.ac/KNtrk

How Minnesota Became the Surprising Success Story of Gun Reform After a sweeping electoral victory, Minnesota Democrats seized “a once-in-a-generation opportunity" to reimagine gun violence prevention.

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed in a targeted shooting today, oversaw the passage of a slew of gun reform legislation during her tenure as speaker of the House. After Democrats achieved a legislative trifecta in 2022, her caucus passed a historic agenda. Context from The Trace:

Election Officials in Swing States Are Bracing for Potential Violence. Here’s How Amid an already chaotic campaign season — marred by two apparent attempts on Trump’s life — election offices are boosting security.

BREAKING: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz labeled the targeted shooting of two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses today as “an act of targeted political violence.” Research shows that threats against public officials, many of which involve guns, have risen in recent years. Context from The Trace:

Domestic Violence Services Are in Jeopardy, Providers Say The Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.

President Donald Trump’s effort to shrink the federal government is putting domestic violence services on the chopping block, providers say. The push to cut grants has support groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.