FLORIDA CITY, FLA. (WSVN) – – Residents and Florida Metropolis officers held a neighborhood stroll throughout a Florida Metropolis neighborhood that has been just lately impacted by gun violence.
State Consultant Kevin Chambliss led the group door-to-door to speak to residents concerning the latest string of shootings in Florida Metropolis.
Alongside Homestead and Florida Metropolis cops, the group handed out packages of knowledge, together with numbers to name if individuals have info on any crimes, in addition to bracelets with the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers quantity.
“So there’s been numerous violent shootings,” Chambliss instructed a resident at their doorstep. “Loads of infants being killed. So that is the data. Phone quantity for CrimeStoppers.”
Group members stood collectively Tuesday, pushing for adjustments and demanding justice for the individuals killed by the hands of gun violence.
“Right here we’re on the sixth day of the brand new yr,” stated one neighborhood member. “And we already misplaced a toddler. When is sufficient going to be sufficient for our neighborhood to face up?”
Simply this previous weekend, 13-year-old Johvan Taylor was shot exterior of his residence. His loss of life got here simply weeks after a 9-year-old boy was additionally killed exterior of an house advanced.
“You guys know him as Johvan; we all know him as Wooda,” stated Cheryl Walker, a household pal. “He’s a superb little one, good grades; he was not a nasty little one.”
“He was on the porch; he was consuming, and that’s when, I suppose, whoever did it simply began taking pictures, after which he tried to run,” stated Jakilah Brady, Taylor’s aunt. “When Wooda comes within the room, the whole lot brightens up. Wooda was the lifetime of the social gathering. He didn’t deserve what occurred to him.
Miami-Dade detectives proceed their seek for the one who killed Taylor and shot one other little one that night time.
“We’ve seen an irregular quantity of shootings in a really brief period of time,” stated Chambliss. “We all know that there’s no magic wand to finish gun violence. However we additionally know that if there’s going to be a change, now we have to be the change that we wish to see.”
When you’ve got any info on this taking pictures or the whereabouts of the topic or topics concerned, name Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Keep in mind, you may at all times stay nameless, and you might be eligible for a reward of as much as $5,000.
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