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Buffalo Police confirmed that Shaquelle Walker Jr. has died after being shot Monday night. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 7:07 AM EDT July 10, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Buffalo Police confirmed that 3-year-old Shaquelle Walker Jr., died on Thursday after he was shot Monday night. He was a good kid, he was a good kid. I send my prayers out to the family, said Londra Bell, who described himself as a close friend of the family. Bell said his grandson would play with Shaquelle, who was nicknamed Quelle.
Shaquelle and three others were wounded in a shooting that happened at the Ferry Grider apartment complex on Donovan Drive late Monday night.
After violent weekend, Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton discusses anti-violence plans
She stresses social workers and mental health counselors and questions the Buffalo Police Department s effectiveness and approach. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 7:31 PM EDT July 7, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Whoever occupies the Buffalo mayor s office has to deal with significant spikes in violence like we re seeing right now.
2 On Your Side asked Mayor Byron Brown on Tuesday, at the scene on Donovan Drive, where a 3-year-old boy was shot, about his plans and he did speak about them. He mentioned more of a police presence in the area but also job training programs and summer youth employment.
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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.”
WW commentary/A look at India Walton
By Nigel Bouvart posted on July 6, 2021
Buffalo, N.Y.
India Walton made national headlines when she won last month’s Democratic primary against incumbent Mayor Byron Brown, who has held the office since 2006. This is no small feat, given Brown’s strong ties to the real estate and financial interests that run Buffalo behind the scenes but that alone isn’t what’s creating all the buzz. She owes that to being a self-described socialist.
India Walton
Walton, a 39-year-old former 1199 Service Employees Union nurse and a union representative, has spent recent years in the employment of progressive nonprofit organizations. These include the Fruit Belt Community Land Trust (of which she was the founding executive director), established to bring about community ownership in a historic Black neighborhood in Buffalo, and Slow Roll, a bike-transit advocacy organization.