RALEIGH, NC Gun violence kills more young people in the U.S. than any other cause. The WRAL Documentary Unit set out to uncover why kids in North Carolina are 51% more likely to die from gun violence compared to children in the United States as a whole, according to statistics from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

In our latest documentary, UnSafe: North Carolina Kids Dying from Gun Violence, WRAL Investigative Documentary Reporter Cristin Severance and Documentary Photojournalist Dwayne Myers shed light on the devastating impacts of gun violence through the deeply personal story of one family’s loss. The tragic death of 8yearold Jenesis Dockery, who died four days shy of her 9th birthday after getting shot by her babysitter’s 11 yearoldson, shows just how many lives are destroyed by gun violence.

UnSafe will also explore a proven solution to stopping these types of tragedies with bipartisan support among lawmakers and North Carolinians in general. “Not one expert or victim in our documentary wants to take people’s guns away. They simply want people to keep the guns they have safely stored,” said Severance.

There are 1.7 million homes in our state with guns and at least 50% of those homes have guns that aren’t safely stored. UnSafe shows what can happen if these numbers don’t change.

The documentary debuts Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30pm on WRAL.
Encore presentations air on WRAZ on Saturday, March 16 at 1pm, and on WILM on Saturday, March 16, at 6pm.