Gun-related injuries, violent crimes decrease in central Virginia

Rates of gun-related injuries are on the rise in Virginia, according to a new dashboard from the Virginia Department of Health. That as murder and aggravated assault rates, often with firearms, are on the rise.

However, many of those trends are headed down in the central Virginia region.

VDH says trips to the emergency room due to gunshots have increased 72% since 2018. The Blue Ridge Health District saw a total of 46 people going to the ER with a gunshot wound that year, a 33% decrease.

“Our past relationships allow us to go out into these communities, contact with people, get to know everybody, get to deal with the kids, because we understand we have to saturate the community,” Bryan Page with BUCK Squad said.

Read this full NBC-29 piece here: https://www.nbc29.com/2022/07/06/gun-related-injuries-violent-crimes-decrease-central-virginia/