{"id":268217,"date":"2021-12-07T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chooselovemovement.org\/?p=268217"},"modified":"2021-12-07T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:58:00","slug":"chalkbeat-detroit-sandy-hook-mom-seeks-answers-9-years-scores-of-shootings-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.peraltadev.com\/chooselove\/chalkbeat-detroit-sandy-hook-mom-seeks-answers-9-years-scores-of-shootings-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalkbeat Detroit: Sandy Hook mom seeks answers 9 years, scores of shootings later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"fIFrX0\"><strong>It\u2019s been nine years since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/nation\/2012\/12\/16\/A-community-awash-in-tears-in-Newtown-Conn\/stories\/201212160169\">a gunman murdered<\/a>&nbsp;first-grader Jesse Lewis, 19 of his schoolmates, and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"iLOoAj\"><strong>Jesse would be 15 now, the same age as some of the students at Oxford High School, where a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/in-depth\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/12\/05\/oxford-high-school-shooting-timeline-events\/8845391002\/\">shooting<\/a>&nbsp;last week took the lives of 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, 16-year-old Tate Myre, 17-year-old Justin Shilling, and 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"usgUds\"><strong>Both of those shootings could have been prevented, said Scarlett Lewis, Jesse\u2019s mother, who is on a mission to stop them through Jesse Lewis Choose Love, one of several&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/longform\/stories\/sandyhook\/\">nonprofits created by Sandy Hook families<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"BpMYqT\"><strong>Lewis spoke with Chalkbeat Detroit and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgemi.com\/\">Bridge Michigan<\/a>&nbsp;about her efforts, her frustrations, and her advice for helping the Oxford community as it heals. 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