Individuals shot by police exhibit distinct patterns of recent prior hospitalizations and arrests

Thursday, August 16, 2018 - 09:13 in Health & Medicine

A new study finds that more than 50 percent of people with assault-related or legal intervention firearm injuries due to law enforcement actions and over 25 percent of individuals with self-inflicted or unintentional firearm injuries were arrested, hospitalized, or both in the two years prior to being shot.

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