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SHREVEPORT, La. As the homicide toll soared to 32 already this year, city leaders came together for a call to the community to help in a renewed effort to stop gun violence. It s called Safer Shreveport.
Mayor Adrian Perkins joined the chiefs of the police and fire departments, other elected leaders, as well as leaders in the business and religious communities in urging everyone in Shreveport to help in the effort.
Perkins told a crowd gathered outside Government Plaza about getting a call recently from a tee ball coach. The coach said he had to call off practice because of gunfire near their ballfield in the north part of the city.