Benito Juarez High School students plan to have a walkout Monday after two teens were killed in a shooting outside the school.
The student organizing this walkout says something needs to be done and that no one should be scared to come to school.On Friday, another student at Kiya's school, Branden Perez and his friend Nathan Billegas, were shot and killed outside school grounds. Two other teenagers were also hurt.The incident has Kiya and other students plan to have a walkout and a vigil at a growing memorial. They hope that school administrators will address ongoing violence and gang activity around the school.
"I want Benito Juarez to be more safer because, honestly, I felt like this situation wouldn't have happened if it wasn't a lot of gang activity around the school," Kiya said.
"We are all one family, and we don't need that. We don't need violence, and we need to make some noise about that," said Pastor Adan Sandoval, with St. Procopius Catholic Church. "I don't want anyone to feel like they're scared to come to school or anything, like, that's why I'm doing it. And I'm doing it for other schools, too, that have to go through this," Kiya said
The walkout is meant to protest the violence. Students plan to leave their classes around 12:55 p.m. for an hour.
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