Milwaukee leaders respond to weekend violence: ‘Find some value in life’

MILWAUKEE — A violent weekend in Milwaukee left 18 individuals shot, together with 4 deaths. A lot of these incidents concerned youngsters.

Of the 18 shot over the weekend, eight have been teenagers and two of them have been killed.

“We gotta do higher. We now have to do extra and we have to do higher,” group activist Vaun Mayes mentioned in response to the greater than a dozen shootings.

He is hoping younger individuals know there are options to violence and folks they will attain out to.

“There’s those who care about them. There’s organizations, there are actions, there are mentors,” he mentioned. “I would like them to search out some worth in life. Some aspiration of their life.”

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson additionally spoke concerning the weekend violence on Monday.

“Anytime anyone will get harm in Milwaukee, or wherever, it provides me pause. It provides me concern. I do not need to see anybody harmed,” the mayor mentioned. “That is why I name upon people inside the group to step up and assist us. Whether or not you are a mum or dad, whether or not you are a trainer, a preacher, a good friend. If you happen to’ve obtained some affect in someone’s life, it is advisable attain out to them. You must encourage them to place their weapons down.”

Within the wake of the violence, Mayor Johnson can be calling on different politicians to enact insurance policies to maintain weapons from getting within the mistaken palms.

“We want elected officers in Madison and in Washington to heed that, to know that, and to make use of their energy to cease that from taking place. As a result of after they do not, you see bloodshed on the streets of Milwaukee and communities prefer it throughout the state and throughout the nation,” Mayor Johnson mentioned.

Milwaukee County Govt David Crowley additionally despatched out an announcement on the gun violence over the weekend, saying: “As leaders, we should not sit silent, nor idle. We now have the facility and accountability to marshal all of our assets to handle the tragedies, after all, however extra importantly, we should handle the circumstances that enable gun violence to persist in our communities.”

The CDC says that gun violence is now the main explanation for loss of life of youngsters throughout the nation.

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