WILMINGTON — In response to another fatal shooting in Wilmington’s 2nd District, local officials, community advocates, and residents gathered Wednesday to call for urgent action to address the city’s gun violence crisis. The press conference, led by Councilwoman Shané Darby, came days after a shooting at 23rd and Washington streets left one person dead and injured a 9-year-old girl and …
A report on reducing and preventing gun violence in Wilmington recommends the city fund several existing intervention organizations. create a coordinator position to oversee those groups and create more programming. Organizations that wanted to provide programming must have street level relationships and already actively engage in intervention work, the report from The Community Based Public Safety Collective. Mayor Mike Purzycki …
