Montgomery residents walk to Stop the Violence
A Stop the Violence walk was held Saturday morning at Hyde Park in Montgomery. More than 100 concerned residents walked to bring awareness to the recent rash of gun violence and escalating crime in the city. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and folks were asked to wear orange in observance.
Last weekend, more than 350 shots were fired at a massive party – sending 13 people to the hospital. Less than two weeks earlier, three people were shot and killed in an armed robbery in Montgomery. So far this year, 38 people have been murdered in the Capitol City. The weekend before last Sunday’s mass shooting, 18 people were treated for gunshot wounds at Montgomery’s Baptist South Hospital in a 72 hour period.
