Sandy Hook victim's dad, a neuroscientist, speaks on mass shootings, violence, compassion [democratandchronicle.com]

Alicia Doktor 10/5/174:00 AM

Jeremy Richman’s life, and his career as a neuroscientist, took a radical turn Dec. 14, 2012, when his daughter, Avielle, was one of 20 children who died in a mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. He and his wife founded the Avielle Foundation, dedicated to funding research into how violence and compassion are fostered in the brain.

Richman spoke Tuesday at St. John Fisher College. Below is an edited transcript of a telephone interview earlier that day.

[For more on this story by Justin Murphy, go to http://www.democratandchronicl...ompassion/727709001/]

Photo: Justin Murphy

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