Table 3.

Conflict mediation tactics utilized by CeaseFire staff in Chicago and Baltimore to persuade individuals to avoid gun violence

Agreement	Arrange return of stolen goods/money
	Help parties establish mutually acceptable boundaries for territory
	Establish ceasefire or truce between groups
Buying time	Waiting while angry person calms down
	Inviting individual to get some food, go elsewhere, talk about the issue
Blame VI	Encourages saying “VI asked me not to shoot” as a way to save face
Economics	Explains shooting is bad for business; will attract police attention
	Can't earn money in jail
Personal consequences	Points out effect of violence on parents, children, siblings
	Emphasizes bad ending: jail or death
VI story	Shares personal experiences with being in jail or other negative things
Potential	Reminds the person about goals and all the other things he could do with his life
Third parties	Asks friend or relative to convince individual he doesn't need to shoot
	Talk to peers, people the shooter is trying to uphold his image to
	Makes appeal to gang leader or other key individual
Questioning	Asks individual to explain why he needs to do this; think through actions
Yelling	Yells at individual; aggressively tells person not to shoot

Masculine pronouns have been used because most shooters and potential shooters are male