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Stop the Violence rally held in wake of deadly teen shootings in Norfolk
On Tuesday night, the Stop the Violence team held another rally in their honor. Organizers say it s their eighth rally this year. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 11:34 PM EDT July 13, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Three teens were shot in the early morning hours Tuesday on Norfolk s Thurgood Street. 15-year-old Kristopher Edmonds died.
Just days earlier, 15-year-old Teonna Coburn was shot and killed on East Tanners Creek Drive, and another teen was injured.
On Tuesday night, the Stop the Violence team held another rally in their honor. Organizers say it s their eighth rally this year.
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But aren’t white people using their stimulus checks to buy guns? Why aren’t they committing gun violence at the rate of black people across America?
It was another dangerous weekend of violence in Hampton Roads.
A majority of the shootings this time around were right in the heart of our region: Norfolk. Six shootings spanned the weekend in the city, leaving several dead including a 15-year-old girl. They happened in a variety of areas.
On Saturday, 15-year-old Teonna Coburn was shot to death as she was coming home from the grocery store on E. Tanners Creek Drive with her brother. The 17-year-old boy survived his wounds.
Norfolk police chief, mayor address recent wave of violence
Another crime-filled weekend in Hampton Roads brought three shootings to Norfolk, alone. Four people were hit in the shootings. Author: Ali Weatherton (13News Now) Published: 6:18 PM EDT July 12, 2021 Updated: 6:18 PM EDT July 12, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Desperate pleas to stop violence in Hampton Roads.
Since the start of July, at least 30 people have gotten shot, 13 of whom are children. Last weekend, four people were shot in three separate shootings in 72 hours.
“Like, why? What was your point? What was your purpose?” asked Marcia Keeling.
Someone shot two of Keeling’s children on Saturday night on East Tanners Creek Drive. Keeling’s 17-year-old son is recovering. Her 15-year-old daughter, Teonna Coburn, died.
Flowers, candles and balloons sit where the siblings were shot. My baby did not deserve this. She had life. She had so much life to her, said Keeling.
The organization, Stop The Violence Team, organized a rally Sunday. They prayed for the family and urged neighbors to help find out who shot the two teens.
“We stand together on unity, on peace, on justice and we ask the community begin to take a stand and demand these types of crimes may stop, said Muhammad.
Keeling just wants answers and justice.
“The person who did it needs to come forward, she said. You took my baby. She’s not going to go to prom. I’m going to walk past her room, and it’s going to be empty. That’s not fair. Why? What was your point? What was your purpose?