{"id":760578,"date":"2026-04-29T04:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760578\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:58:18","slug":"shootings-underscore-brooklyn-anti-violence-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760578\/","title":{"rendered":"Shootings underscore Brooklyn anti-violence meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before an anti-gun violence meeting even began, gun violence had already started in Bedford-Stuyvesant.<\/p>\n<p>Before it ended, more gun violence in Brownsville, with two people shot inside a building. Those people are now recovering at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The people who gathered at the meeting in Brooklyn say they&#8217;re often the first to respond after the gunfire, at hospitals and at crime scenes, helping families and communities cope<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The urgency fueled by recent violence, including the shooting of a 15-year-old on an A train Monday, and the death of another 15-year-old less than two weeks ago at a park playground<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Citywide, shootings and murders are down, homicides falling nearly 26% compared with last year, according to police data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shocking. I didn\u2019t even hear it. I noticed there were officers on my floor and I came down and saw a whole lot of officers here out front,\u201d one witness said.<\/p>\n<p>Two shootings, which happened hours apart, unfolded within blocks of a conversation about how to stop exactly this.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, faith leaders, elected officials and community members gathered not for a vigil, but for solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing Black and brown communities infected with shooting and killing each other,\u201d Gerald Seabrooks, the president of the United Clergy Coalition, said.<\/p>\n<p>The people who gathered say they\u2019re often the first to respond after the gunfire, at hospitals and at crime scenes, helping families and communities cope.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019re trying to get ahead of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired. I\u2019m tired of doing prayer vigils, community outcries,\u201d one person said.<\/p>\n<p>The urgency fueled by recent violence, including the shooting of a 15-year-old on an A train Monday, and the death of another 15-year-old less than two weeks ago at a park playground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re tired, and enough is enough. So, we decided to come together,\u201d Albert Jamison, the vice chair of United Clergy Coalition, said.<\/p>\n<p>The focus is on getting illegal guns off the streets and young people into something else before they end up in situations like this.<\/p>\n<p>Citywide, shootings and murders are down, homicides falling nearly 26% compared with last year, according to police data.<\/p>\n<p>But for many at the event, that progress feels distant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll shootings and murders are down, so I want to celebrate that. That means nothing to you when your loved one is gone because of gun violence,\u201d Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, leaders, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, say they\u2019re looking at where the guns are coming from and how to stop the cycle before it starts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have our roles, and we have to assume our roles,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n<p>Because for those there, the goal isn\u2019t just reacting to violence. It\u2019s stopping the next siren before it starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before an anti-gun violence meeting even began, gun violence had already started in Bedford-Stuyvesant. 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