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When does it stop? Violence again in our community this time it took the life of a 12 year boy and left a 16 year old seriously injured. This happened in the southwest neighborhood around 7pm last night. This is the 7th homicide victim this year under the age of 18. Police say there’s no […]
New York State Attorney General Letitia James say’s it’s time to take a look at bail reform. In an interview on WGRZ in Buffalo the Attorney General also said there is a major issue with gangs as well as with guns and drugs in New York State. AG James addressed the large role social media […]
City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans has declared a State of Emergency due to gun violence on Thursday. The proclamation comes after five people were shot in two separate shootings earlier this week. The shootings were within hours of each other and resulted in Rochester’s 40th and 41st homicides of 2022. Both shootings took place […]
A precarious balance has been reached in a proposed bill to mitigate gun violence in the United States. This bipartisan effort was led by party leaders Chuck Schumer, D-NY and Mitch McConnell, R-KY. Senate representatives who worked on the bill are calling it a balance between common sense gun laws while not infringing on second […]
Yesterday, Governor Kathy Houchl announced that $18.2 million in funding will support law enforcement agencies participating in the state’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, making this the largest state investment in the program since it was created in 2014. Governor Hochul stated: “Over the past few weeks, we have seen gun violence cause unimaginable […]
Yesterday morning just before 11 am, authorities were first alerted to a possible shooter threat at the Gananda Middle School. According to Broadcastify logs, the initial report came from a text, where the person reporting stated they were being kidnapped at the school and the person had a gun and did not say which room […]
After the recent tragedies, the Rochester City School District held a virtual work session last night to discuss school safety and gun violence. The event was attended by students, parents, community members, and employees, members of the District’s safety and security team, and Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small. In addition to the discussion, the district is […]
After a very violent Mother’s Day weekend. Rochester police are showing data that most gun violence occurring in the same neighborhoods. Rochester Police are partnering with Monroe County Deputies and State Police to increase patrols in areas with the most shootings. Out of all the zip codes in Rochester, three have experienced 72% of all […]
RochesterWorks! and the New York State Department of Labor have started a $2.25 million gun violence prevention initiative. The purpose is to connect at-risk young people between the ages of 18 and 24 with good-paying, permanent, unsubsidized employment. Seventy-five percent of participants will come from one of the nine zip codes identified by the state labor department […]
Within the last 3 to 4 days there has been almost 10 shootings with 3 resulting in homicides. Throughout this year leading up summer the shooting and homicides in Rochester were at the highest ever, It suddenly slowed down when it was announced that Federal law enforcement were coming to reduce the violence. We have […]
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