One year later, emotional wounds from UGM mass stabbing continue to heal

In the year since the mass stabbing at the Union Gospel Mission, the knife wounds inflicted on 12 people at Salem’s largest shelter have turned into scars. 

The downtown shelter itself has changed too, with new security measures, and the city of Salem now approaches downtown safety differently.

At around 7:15 p.m. on a Sunday in June, the shelter was preparing to close. It typically provided sleeping quarters for 100 men it considers guests.

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