Community Boys and Girls Club shields youth from path to violence
Community Boys & Girls Club is working to shield youth from gun violence
By Kendall McGee | March 12, 2021 at 6:32 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 6:53 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A 23-year-old was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon, just blocks away from where kids at the Community Boys and Girls Club play.
Leaders with the program heard the shots as they were picking up students to bring them to the facility for the afternoon.
The gun violence problem is a national one and it’s not a new one, either. Unit director Jarrett Gattison says he sees the kids getting involved in the violence keep getting younger and younger.