The People Trying to Put Camden Back Together as Guns Tear It Apart

Amid the crumbling row houses in once-industrial Camden, New Jersey, murals are dedicated to the fallen, hundreds more lost in one of America's deadliest cities. One is dedicated to a veteran who survived his deployment in Iraq unscathed, only to be shot and killed in his hometown.

"This is not a war you can win in one day," one Camden police officer said. "This is not a war where you can go and get rid of the bad guys and say, ‘OK guys, here's your city back.'

"We have to occupy this city forever."

Homicides are down across most of the country, but little has changed in Camden. Parents are still losing their children at an alarming rate. Over 40% of all victims of firearm-related homicides are 25 or younger. In Camden, the typical victim is just 22. Read more...

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