At least four teenagers in Denver have been victims of shootings — three of them fatal — over the past three months. A program would be providing more students with mental health or substance use counseling at their schools.
At least four teenagers in Denver have been victims of shootings — three of them fatal — over the past three months.Tayanna Manuel, 16, Aaliyah Cortez, 16, and Elias Armstrong, 12, have been killed since Christmas.Driving the news:
It would focus on what Denver Public Schools calls pathway schools, which are for at-risk youth who have been exposed to traumatic events like domestic violence, Denver Public Safety Youth Programs director Pat Hedrick said Wednesday. Tullar and other East High students attended the meeting to ask local lawmakers for help to address the violence. Tullar said he feels "powerless."Bryan "Pastor B" Sederwall, who runs the Denver Dream Center, which helps people with reentry, and frequently works with at-risk youth, tells Axios Denver there's a sense of "pent-up frustration" among young people he works with.
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