With additional shootings Wednesday, it seems there’s not a neighborhood, not a block, not even a street that’s safe from the threat of violence.
29-year-old Tylesha Watson. Investigators say Watson was barbecuing with friends on the 1800 block of Harrison Street when a driver pulled up and started shooting. The manager of G & R Mini Market, on the corner, says surveillance video shows the very moment bullets started flying, sending people ducking and sprinting to safety."It’s not safe to do anything no more. That’s just how I feel. Not safe to do too much of anything, not even hang out on your front porch," Ciara stated.
The mayor and police commissioner address police staffing shortages, saying the department is down about 600 officers, but say they’re utilizing every resource available to them.