How the journey of one gun tells the story of many
Last November, a 14-year-old boy shot and killed a fellow student at Ingraham High School in Seattle.
The gun that student used traveled through the hands of multiple teenagers before it reached him, starting in an unsecured closet.
KUOW reporter Ashley Hiruko and editor Isolde Raftery followed the journey of that gun. They also looked into the prevalence of gun use and gun violence among youth in King County.
They spoke to "Soundside" host Libby Denkmann about the impact one unsecured gun can have on a family, a school, and a community.
You can read Isolde and Ashley's original reporting at the links below:
About the gun that killed a boy at Seattle’s Ingraham High School
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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Isolde Raftery
Online Managing Editor
Isolde Raftery has been the investigations editor at KUOW since 2022. Previously, she was the station's online managing editor.
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Ashley Hiruko
Investigative Reporter
Ashley Hiruko reports on topics involving policing and the behind-the-scenes conduct of city leaders.
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