Many factors are playing a role in the recent rash of shootings that resulted in the death of one woman and injuries to 19 people in Winston-Salem, several members of the Winston-Salem City Council said Tuesday.
In addition, a man died from injuries received May 5 after police returned gunfire at a home during a standoff in Ardmore.
âItâs a myriad of things,â Council Member Denise âD.D.â Adams said. âIt goes further back than COVID.â
Problems such as poverty, hunger, unemployment, drug abuse, poor education, crime, mental illness, and health-care disparities plagued neighborhoods before the pandemic, Adams said.
The pandemic magnified those problems, and has played a role in increasing numbers of shootings nationwide and in Winston-Salem, Adams said.
According to police, the incident happened on Peden Street. Author: Brian Bennett Updated: 11:48 AM EDT May 9, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. The boyfriend of a woman is being charged with murder following a Winston-Salem shooting Saturday.
According to police, the incident happened on Peden Street. Officers found Kristin Nicole Mendez unresponsive in a side yard suffering from a gunshot. She was later pronounced dead on the scene.
Inside a home in the area, police found Mendez s boyfriend Willie Junior Snuggs. Following a preliminary investigation, Snuggs was charged with murder, and is currently being held in the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center with no bond allowed.