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A rise in violence across the state has been condemned by state and local leaders in recent days. Wednesday, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Democratic Mayoral nominee India Walton weighed in on the increase in violence in the City of Buffalo and ways to combat it.
A spate of shootings in the City of Buffalo, including the shooting of 14 people in separate incidents over the July 4
th holiday weekend has Mayor Byron Brown and the Buffalo Police Department searching for answers.
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“With local state federal agencies to investigate the causes of the increase in shootings through a program called shoot review,” Brown said. “We have re initiated the take it to the streets program that Commissioner Lockwood put in place several years ago.”