High school students from the Washington area rally in front of the White House before marching to the U.S. Capitol to call for stricter gun laws on April 20, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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About 1 in 5 high school students have witnessed community violence, new CDC report says
About 1 in 5 high school students in the United States has seen violence first-hand among people who are not related, including homicides involving guns. That's according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls community violence "a significant public health concern."
