From Mayor Sherman Lea, the Roanoke City Council, and the Gun Violence Prevention Commission
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This past Monday, our City experienced several acts of gun violence that have left us saddened and grieving. Three youth were injured, in two separate incidents, and one youth died from the injuries. Since the beginning of the year, our City has experienced four deaths and seventeen injuries as a result of gunfire. Every one of these incidents represents a person, with a name, a family, and neighbors. The layers of loss and grief are deep. We are all experiencing the effects of trauma. Every one of these incidents also creates a tear in the fabric of our community life that we must work together to mend, heal and prevent from happening again.
Roanoke anti-gun violence efforts could set example statewide amid rise in gun violence
Gun violence prevention efforts are something the city has been working on for some time
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ROANOKE, Va. – As the nation works to address a spike in mass shootings, the City of Roanoke is laying the groundwork on how communities can address gun violence in their cities.
Discussing gun violence is not a new concept here in Roanoke, the city has seen its own spike in shootings over the past couple of years.
“We have a gun violence problem in this country and in this Commonwealth,” Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said.
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