Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri forms gun violence task force.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) – A new gun violence task force is coming to Cape Girardeau.

This will be the second group of its kind formed this year in Cape Girardeau.

Similar to the task force formed by the city council, the goal behind this new group is to make the community safer.

Leaders with Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri will host their first task force meeting on Monday, October 7 and they want you to come out and have your voices heard.

Quinton Roberts will lead the Community Partnership task force.

“I want to know what they feel is important when solving gun violence,” said Roberts.

While it will be separate from the city’s official task force on gun violence, the two groups have the same goal.

“This one ties more into the community,” said Roberts.

Roberts said the issues he wants to address are the same concerns on many people’s minds.

“Gun violence is very prevalent in Cape Girardeau and this is kind of like a smaller city. So I feel like once you hear about it, it travels fast and everybody’s scared.”

Roberts said these open dialogues can help make everyone feel safe.

“That’s kind of the goal is we want people to start thinking this can end, this can be something that we can overcome if we do it together.”

And he hoped this would open up the door to make a difference.

“We just really hope to have if not solutions right away, things to think about, and seeing where we can go from there,” added Roberts.

That first meeting will be on Monday at 5 p.m. at Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri on South Sprigg street.

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