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As violent crime in Jackson continues to surge, federal, state and community leaders made a promise to work together during a crime summit, but offered few tangible gains Tuesday night.
Jackson City Council President Aaron Banks, who organized the summit, said the meeting was an all-hands-on-deck forum to tackle the community s surge of gun violence and present a united front moving forward.
It comes as the city s homicide rate continues to surge in 2021 and is on pace to overshadow last year s historic total of 130 deaths. Nearly all of those deaths were gun-related, according to records kept by the Clarion Ledger. ....

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