Advocates against gun violence rally at Virginia Capitol

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) -Amid a rising enhance in violence throughout Richmond, advocates towards gun violence held the One Million Kids’s March on the State Capitol Bell Tower. The occasion aimed to deal with how leaders can join with the youth to cease extra of those deaths from occurring.

Simply earlier this week, 15-year-old Tynashia Humphrey was shot lifeless in Gilpin Courtroom whereas strolling to the shop. Earlier this yr two teenagers have been gunned down on a set of railroad tracks in Hopewell. A number of teenagers have been additionally killed at events in Chesterfield.

The occasion was lead by Youth Company Inc. and aimed to spotlight the uptick in teen gun violence in Richmond and what might be completed to cease it. Advocates assume the answer to the rise in teenagers dying in these shootings comes from reaching the youth within the college system.

“You’re destroying part of the human race that was put right here to have the ability to give life to not destroy life and that’s what we need to educate them I don’t assume they’re being taught that. Particularly not within the colleges now,” mentioned Youth Company Inc. CEO Elizabeth Charity.

Individuals at Saturday’s occasion can be going to state leaders to strive to determine what else might be completed to deal with the difficulty. They’ve a gathering scheduled with Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle sears on Monday to speak options.

“I’m going all the best way to the highest to the governor’s mansion and let him know that we need to work with him to have the ability to present life financial development,” Charity defined.

Sears was on the scene of a capturing within the space of Milton Road on Thursday night time after a string of extra shootings in Richmond and Henrico that very same night time. She agrees that the gun violence must cease now.

“We’re completed. Do one thing and do one thing now as a result of the town is dying and our youngsters are dying,” Sears acknowledged.

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