Expert: Meeting youth 'where they're at' is key to prevention after recent Twin Cities shootings

A string of shootings involving Somali youth has set off questions around youth gun violence and what law enforcement are calling gang violence.

Some Somali leaders say this could fuel more racist rhetoric against the Somali community.

For more context and perspective on gangs and gun violence, MPR News host Nina Moini spoke with Metro State University professor James Densley, an expert on gangs.