Created: July 10, 2021 08:08 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Community organizers and faith leaders Saturday came together in a day of prayer, with a mission to help stop the violence on their minds.
The group gathered in the parking lot of the Walmart on Hudson Avenue, where four people were shot and one person was killed in June. Community members told News10NBC s Emily Putnam that Rochester doesn t just have a violence problem, but also a spiritual problem, and fixing one could help fix the other.
About 10 speakers from different areas of the community, all hit on a similar theme of needing to come together in order to curb the violence. Faith leaders from victory living Christian Faith Center, First Genesis Baptist Church, and other churches offered prayers for police, politicians, and family members of victims.