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South Carolina Community Seeks Solutions to Teen Violence

A meeting held Thursday night in Rock Hill, South Carolina, sought ideas for stemming the tide of youth violence. During the sixty-minute gathering, ideas included scholarships for teens who report violent crimes and a community march.

"The meeting came less than a week after a shootout on Catherine Street in Rock Hill that left one teenager dead, another injured and one more charged with murder," South Carolina newspaper The Rock Hill Herald reported. "Days before, another teen was robbed, shot and killed on a Byars Street porch.

The Emmett Scott Centers community room was filled to near-capacity as residents, pastors, parents and police officers came together to search for solutions, the paper noted. Though many good suggestions were generated, meeting organizers say the real measure of success will be implementation of these ideas.

Labels: violence, prevention

Posted By: Aspen/CRC