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Violent crime increased 18% from last year First year-to-year increase in such crime since 1993 Household burglaries also on the rise from 3.2million last year to 3.6million this year By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED:13:49 EST, 17 October 2012| UPDATED:13:50 EST, 17 October 2012 For the first time in 20 years, the number of violent…
Aaron Blankenburg got to the scene of Lansing's latest mass shooting around the time police did. And he was already working to stop the next one.
The second-annual summit drew more than 100 people for a discussion about violent crimes, and how to work together to prevent them.
Homicides are up in Grand Rapids and Oakland County, while Detroit has been hit by a spate of mass shootings.
When his son was killed, there weren't any programs or groups of parents of murder victims to help the family through the pain. While McKissic and his family put their faith in God, others may have chosen to retaliate, especially if they don't have support in the community, he said. That's why he started the Mikey 23 Foundation. "If everybody did that, we'd have a safer and healthier and better community overall," he said. Several years later, his three children created Siblings Against Guns, which aids the brothers and sisters of murder victims as they move forward. Similarly, after her so...