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Shots Fired: Virginia Beach 9-year-old’s grueling recovery shows full impact of gun violence

Staff mug of Katrina Dix. As seen Thursday, March 2, 2023.
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Landyn Davis rests his eyes while working with an occupational therapist at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk on Monday, July 22, 2024. Landyn spends multiple days a week in various therapy appointments at CHKD re-learning how to do things such as walk, swallow and properly use motor functions. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)
Landyn Davis rests his eyes while working with an occupational therapist at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk on Monday, July 22, 2024. Landyn spends multiple days a week in various therapy appointments at CHKD re-learning how to do things such as walk, swallow and properly use motor functions. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

From June to August, The Virginian-Pilot followed Landyn Davis, 9, and his family at community events, through grueling rehabilitation appointments and at home for an in-depth look at what it’s like for a child to live through gun violence. His story shows the full scope of the impact beyond the statistics.

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