"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
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