Neighborhoods from around 7th Ward fight back against crime
Unity For A Safer Community By Kaitlin Rust | January 18, 2021 at 10:01 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 10:02 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Neighbors and business owners around the Fairgrounds are trying to get in front of the spike in violent crime after a shooting victim recently crawled into a local restaurant for help.
“It will not be tolerated here, we will be visible. We will stand fast until we root it out,” Elray Holmes said.
Holmes brought together a crowd of neighbors Monday in the same spot where a man was shot, sitting at the table outside of his restaurant, Ray’s on the Avenue, Wednesday.