190 Days Without a Homicide
The Atlantic · 20 Sep 2026

190 Days Without a Homicide

How a record stretch of peace ended in my hometown. Jenee Gragston dropped to the ground and held on to the grass as if it could save her life. She yelled to her family members to get down. She later told me that she didn’t know where the bullets were coming from, but she knew they were close. When


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