Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett, Mayor Dan Horrigan and other community leaders spoke on Friday night following the death of a 4-year-old female who was shot and killed in Akron.
The shooting happened around 9 p.m. on the 700 block of Princeton Street, which is located in the Summit Lake neighborhood."Once again, we've lost an innocent life to gun violence and another tragedy for this community,” he said. “And I can't stress enough about a number of cities across the country, but there are a lot of heightened tensions in the city right now."
The injured male is “clinging to life”, according to Mylett. He also stressed for people to stand down and let the city breathe. “But it takes not just the community, but the police and everyone,” said Reeves. “Not one side, however many sides you want to make this. Everybody has to do it because if you ask one thing and the other one doesn't. What you have is a massacre. And we can't have that here. This is our city.”
“We're just now getting information on what happened and how it happened,” he said. “But it's all linked to gun violence that it's not only impacting us here in Akron, but nationally. And it's got to stop.”
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