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Audio: NPR interview on gun violence interrupted by gunfire

NPR’s David Schaper was conducting an interview when a suspect nearby got out of his vehicle and opened fire

By Bill Chappell
NPR

CHICAGO — An NPR report about guns in Chicago included an all-too-real example of violence, after a burst of gunfire erupted down the street from where NPR’s David Schaper was conducting an interview Wednesday. He had been speaking to a neighborhood activist when a gunman opened fire nearby.

David was out reporting a story on the effort by Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel to require video recordings of every gun purchase and a limit of one gun per customer per month. The city wants to put those rules in place soon, after a federal judge overturned Chicago’s long-time ban on gun shops earlier this year.

The radio story that aired on today’s Morning Edition is jarring, as a talk about community engagement is suddenly overcome by shots that rang out shortly after kids had gotten out of school.

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