After a 9-year-old girl was shot Tuesday, a Tampa, Florida, mother who lost her daughter to gun violence is asking other parents in the community to step up.
Tampa police say violent crime is down and they'd like to keep it that way. To help, they're leaning on the community for possible solutions on curbing gun violence and feedback.
And they got plenty at a community forum Monday in Sulphur Springs.
Recently filed court documents show Vakarvery Scott admitted to detectives he pulled the trigger that killed Savannah Mathis and injured her younger sister.
Community leaders and Tampa police are asking for people to come together and help find solutions to gun violence in the city while hosting a community forum on gun violence Tuesday evening.