Aurelia Persely lives in a neighborhood where you can hear gunshots on a regular basis. She lives in fear for herself and her son. What can you do? I pray.
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Aurelia Persley heard gunshots again Sunday night near her home in the Village of Roll Hill, and she once again felt unsafe in her home for herself and her children.
The mother of two spoke to city council members at Monday s Cincinnati City Council special neighborhoods committee meeting about finding solutions to stop violence in East Westwood and that she can t sleep and hears regular gunshots. I feel like I don t want to go back home, Presley said through tears.
She said she can t even let her children, including her 8-year-old son and her baby, be outside to play.
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Westside residents had a clear message for Cincinnati council members Monday night: they re tired of meetings about violent crime and ready for action. Nearly a hundred people attended a special session of the Neighborhoods Committee in East Westwood.
Aurelia Persley says she doesn t feel safe with her two kids in East Westwood, and she worries about being the next target of gun violence. I could step out my door and somebody could be shooting right there next to me, Persley said. I don’t want that every time I step outside. I don t want anybody to have to go through that every time they step outside or go somewhere and have to get shot or killed because they re just stepping outside the door.