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The City of Cincinnati placed a system of security cameras around Smale Riverfront Park, giving police extra intelligence and helping them react to potential problems quickly.
1:11 Citizens from the neighborhood and beyond spoke on the impact gun violence has had on their lives, many having lost loved ones over the years in Cincinnati, including their own children. Pastor Peterson Mingo lived through the death of multiple brothers in his youth. "As I look around, I see people who have every reason in the world to be concerned and basically want to see some things done to ensure that our children, Amen, don't just end up on billboards as a number and a picture," Mingo said. Boxing trainer Dione Walker says Black youth need to see the value in themselves to combat gu...
'What makes that park so much more important?': Critics respond to city's plans for safer Smale Park New safety measures are in place in Smale Park after a deadly shooting at Cincinnatiâs Fourth of July celebration â but not everyone is pleased with the response. and last updated 2021-07-07 20:30:15-04 CINCINNATI â New safety measures are in place in Smale Park after a deadly shooting at Cincinnatiâs Fourth of July celebration â but not everyone is pleased with the response. Police said 16-year-old Milo Watson and 19-year-old Dexter Wright, Jr. died after they shot at...
Cincinnati's gun crime task force finding more illegal guns in young hands The Cincinnati Police Department's gun crime task force has recovered about 240 illegal guns since the start of 2021. More and more, Lt. Eric Vogelpohl said, the guns are found in the hands of children. and last updated 2021-07-07 20:39:29-04 Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Detersâ self-described âwarâ on illegal guns will be fought in the courtroom, where Deters and his assistant prosecutors no longer plan to offer plea bargains to people charged with gun crimes. Lt. Eric Vogelpohl fights on a different ...
"The thing that freaks me out the most is the idea of it become normalized," Moroski said. He's worried it's already happened and that's why the shootings seem to be more indiscriminate, in public places with lots of people. For another school board member, Melanie Bates, the violence is personal. Her husband was murdered in 2006 in the couple's front yard by a man who was attempting a robbery. That year at least 17 people under 20 were fatally shot. "It was a year like this year where there was a great deal of violence," Bates said. "It was really a seminal moment for the city."