Dr. Garen Wintemute

director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis

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Dr. Garen Wintemute on KCRW

Deadly mass shootings occurred in Half Moon Bay and Oakland on Monday, following Saturday’s massacre in Monterey Park.

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