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Guns down in Givens Park not only there but throughout Austin.
That’s the message being sent by community advocates calling for an end to gun violence in Black communities.
This fight is personal.
Givens Park is home to culture, authenticity and gatherings, but it’s also where advocates spoke out on Sunday. They shined light on an issue that has impacted their community for far too long.
Tardrick Fowler, a community advocate fighting to end gun violence, said he lost his son to gun violence in 2020. If you ask him about gun violence in Givens Park, it strikes a nerve.
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By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published 14 hours ago
The Austin Police Department says that just before 8:30 p.m. Austin 911 received multiple calls of several shots fired at Givens Park. Callers had reported a person in a car near the tennis courts at the park.
Officers arrived and found a parked vehicle with an unresponsive man, later identified as Johnson, in the driver s seat. Officers removed him from the car and saw he had suffered several gunshot wounds. Officers began life-saving measures until ATCEMS arrived on the scene and transported him to a local hospital.
Johnson was pronounced dead at the hospital just after 9 p.m.