Here s what teens, adults say about addressing gun violence
ISABELLE TAFT, The Sun-Herald
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) One by one, Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines asked the children gathered around her what they want to be when they grow up.
“A ballerina.”
“A policeman.”
Holmes-Hines was a speaker at last weekend s Stop the Violence block party in Gulfport, organized in response to recent shootings around the city. Many of the children wore T-shirts that said Stop the Violence; some were so young that the shirts grazed their feet.
“Every child has a dream,” Holmes-Hines said. “It is up to us. that we protect each and everyone of them.”
Victims identified in Gulfport double homicide WLOX Staff
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The victims of a double homicide in Gulfport Tuesday have been identified.
Juan Reginald Harvey Jr., 19, and Teraye Preston, 18, both of Gulfport, were named as the victims by Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer.
Gulfport Police at the scene of an apparent shooting on Loposser no details at this point @WLOXpic.twitter.com/k3B3OGxgrn John Fitzhugh (@JFitzhughWLOX) April 20, 2021
Officers received a call at 5:23 p.m. Tuesday in regards to a shooting in the area of Loposser Avenue and Layton Drive. When they arrived, they found Harvey inside a vehicle, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Preston was found lying in the road suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
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