WGN’s Ryan Burrow talks about the mental struggles created in the wake of mass shootings, getting letters from the suspected Highland Park shooter, and speaks with Stephanie Cinque, founder of the Resiliency Center of Newtown.

WGN’s Ryan Burrow previews the upcoming trial of suspected Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III, looks into media coverage of mass shootings over the years, and talks with Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering about plans for a Place of Remembrance.

I can tell you everything you need to know about the next mass shooting. How you’ll see it. Who you’ll hear from. What the media will ask. And what the politicians will say. The truth is, we’re very good at covering this epidemic. Personally, I’ve covered ten of them.

While we check all the boxes, stoke the fear, and turn to politics, we’re avoiding the questions that could end this. But, eye-popping data on more than 200 mass shootings could unlock the answers. The points of interruption are there. If we walk things backward, expose those points, and add the voices we’ve been avoiding, we may finally understand the truth.

I’m Ryan Burrow. This is Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting.