Teen charged in deaths of multiple youth this summer

Earlier this summer two young people lost their lives to gun violence. A 9-year-old and a 17-year-old were fatally shot just days apart in what we learned recently were related events. The shooter in both instances has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree intentional homicide accordingly.

These incidents were tragedies, and it is important that the community continue to embrace the families who lost young ones. I want the families to know that the community stands with them, and mourns with them. This is devastating to us all to have lost two young lives to senseless gun violence.

Gun violence has to stop. These deaths were wholly preventable. We must do better, and I believe we can do better. I am working tirelessly to find ways of engaging our youth to change the direction of their lives and avoid participating in criminal activity, and instead engage with our community in a positive manner.

This might take time, but it can be done, and it will take all of our effort to get there.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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