Neighbors, family, and friends of 16 year old Keshaun Lamar gathered for a balloon release in Euclid, Wednesday night.
EUCLID, Ohio - Neighbors, family, and friends of 16-year-old Keshaun Lamar gathered for a balloon release in Euclid Wednesday night.“Very tragic, heartbreaking,” Lamar’s neighbor, Latrice Storey said. “I watched him grow up.”“They’ve lost their lives or they in jail due to gun violence. A lot of teens,” neighbor JuQuita George said. “It’s time to really crack down on these guns.”
Euclid Police said they are boosting patrols in crime hotspots and they have taken more than 200 guns off the streets, this year. “Aggressively and proactively going after firearms and drug offenses,” Chief Scott Meyer said. “We’re seizing record numbers of firearms and many of those firearms are being seized from juveniles.”The department recently hired nearly a dozen more officers.
“That 11 officers brings our total numbers up to 105 and that’s a good number,” Houser said. “Officers retire and we continue to rehire.”“It’s easy to beat up on the justice system. I know, I’m kind of part of it and it’s easy for me to take shots and say there’s nothing going on downtown at the juvenile courts,” Houser said. “But, I think it’s more important to understand that these kids are not being raised correctly.
George said accountability is also important for these kids, so more lives aren’t lost to gun violence.Northeast Ohio high school student collapses, dies during homecoming festivities at football gameBody found in Strongsville park Saturday, Metroparks police investigating
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