Study: Hispanics hit hard by gun violence

By Kelly Cohen

Published June 24, 2016 7:39pm ET

Study: Hispanics hit hard by gun violence — The study said the overall homicide rate for Hispanics was 4.69 for every 100,000 over the 15-year period. (AP Photo) | Swoan Parker

A new study from the Violence Policy Center released Friday found that more than 50,000 Hispanics were killed by guns in the United States from 1999-2014.

The study said two-thirds of those deaths were homicides, and about 30 percent were suicides.

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