It’s been a long summer for Minneapolis police and members of the outreach community in the city who are responding to what’s been an increase in gun violence this summer.
Over the past two weeks, there were five homicides in Minneapolis plus an active shooter in an apartment building that ultimately was shot by officers. But it’s been a scary situation for residents which Police Chief Brian O’Hara has recognized.
“We’ve had just a terrible amount of shootings and murders over the last week,” he says. “We were hopeful that our city will get a break from some of this violence. It’s been an exhausting week for everyone, for the community, for the members of the department involved.”
Reverend Jerry McAfee heads up 21 Days of Peace, an organization designed to prevent violence. The group is a coalition of churches and community members dedicated to setting up camp at hot spots to help limit …