300 men and women to take over streets this month to stem violence

300 men and women to take over streets this month to stem violence
300 men and women to take over streets this month to stem violence

300 men and women to take over streets this month to stem violence

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The Fourth of July weekend is near and along with fireworks, there’s usually gunshots. One organization is putting 300 men and women on the streets in two police districts each weekend this month to help cease the gunfire and prevent a repeat from last July. Nine people were shot every day in July 2014. 30-percent of those shootings happened during the holiday weekend. 25 people were murdered, and of those, 16 occurred in the 7th and 11th police districts. Target Area Development Corp. works with ex-offenders to get them re-acclimated into society and help reduce violence in their respective neighborhoods. Autry Phillips, executive director of the Target Area, will be in studio and Fred Seaton, an anti-violence credible messenger join us to discuss the anti-violence initiative that kicks off this weekend. (Flickr/Seth Anderson)