Stray-bullet shootings most often harm innocents
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
In the first nationwide study of stray-bullet shootings, Garen Wintemute, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center, quantifies mortality and injury among victims of these unexpected events. His research is published as a letter in Wednesday's (Aug. 3) issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.