Los Angeles Police officials joined elected officials, community leaders and local clergy members to denounce violence in South L.A. and ask for the community's help addressing it.
A 14-year-old aspiring football player. A 19-year-old high school graduate just getting his start in life. A 77-year-old woman and her 58-year-old daughter inside their home. A 79-year-old woman standing outside her car.
Moore said in South L.A. alone, 40 children younger than 18 have been shot this year — including nine kids younger than 10.The recent “spasm” of violence, as Moore called it, has contributed to an almost 15% rise in homicides in the city this year, compared to last. SimilarThe violence has come amid a pandemic related to the novel coronavirus that has driven down other types of crime, including property crime.
This past month, they took more than 250 weapons off the streets, the most in any month this year, she said. But it’s not enough, she said.City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson said he and Councilman Joe Buscaino — the two councilmembers who represent the area — “stand together in supporting extended deployments of LAPD officers” in the area.
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