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After two deadly firing in two days, the Lawrence Police wants to assure the major community that the cities and the cities are safe.
Chief Rich Lockhart said 39 -year -old Vincent Lee Walker of Lawrence was shot dead by a bus stop from the library on Wednesday afternoon. He was a musician who performed under the name V-Dab.
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“Some of our people, especially our library employees, are very familiar with the Vincent,” said Lockhart. “And so it is a painful phenomenon for the community. This is something that we have to work on treatment together. ,
Lockhart reiterated that downtown is a safe, funny place to go to Lawrence. Such things can happen everywhere, they said; The police tried to stop the firing, but noted the February parade, celebrating the Super Bowl victory of the Canus City and said that 850 police could not even stop the shooting.
“Let’s still live our lives; Let’s have fun to do, ”said Lockhart.
She said that her 17 -year -old daughter is still going to the city and she does not worry about her because she knows that she is smart and safe. He focused on some basic safety tips, such as knowing about your surroundings and keeping your phone down and when you are running on your car, keep your head up to help stay safe.
“Overall violent crime in Lawrence is not much. So when this happens, it is something to which we really react, and we should react, ”said Lockhart. “Violent crime is not something for which we should be desensitized. But overall, it is a very safe community. ,
Lockhart said that the police was working on homogeneous throughout the two nights.
Late on Tuesday night, 18 -year -old Davin Gregory Kerr was injured in a shooting in 2900 blocks of Crestline Drive. According to the police, he was taken to the Canus City-Area Trauma Center, but his injuries were not survived.
Police on Thursday arrested 21 -year -old Dawson Penn in connection with that shooting.
Walker was shot dead on the road from the library at 5:10 pm on Wednesday. Police on Wednesday night arrested 32 -year -old Nicholas Beaver on suspicion of killing a second degree. Lockhart said that Beaver is from Topkeka and Lawrence was “for a very short time”.
Lockhart said that last night there was a call in which someone, similar to the details of the Bever, had dropped a gun on the floor of the Lawrence Community Shelter; He said that the police called the police, but the person ran away before the police reached there.
Lockhart said that the authorities were able to find the guns that they believe that “gun-sorrowing dogs,” were involved in the event to help Shiloh with Shillo, Alcohol, Tobacco and Angneya scriptures.
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Lockhart said that two people killed in three recent housewives of the city were feeling homeless. Lawrence’s 51-year-old Crystal White was found dead in his tent near the city-approved North Lawrence Camp, who was feeling homeless on 22 February, which was his birthday. He was killed. A person has been accused of his death.
“We want to make sure that our people who are homeless have the same security that also keeps those who do.” “… There was insensitive violence; These are things that people should be able to solve without resorting to violence, and unfortunately, it has ended in the death of two people. ,
Lockhart told the media that he feels that we need to push mental health treatment programs as a community for better money.
Lockhart said, “People working with those who are in mental health crisis are police officers.” “We are the largest provider of unlicensed mental health care in this country, and our gel is the largest provider of inntent care, or in-custody care for people in these conditions.”
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Natasha Torkafaban, the contributor to the Lawrence Times, is a current senior in Lawrence High School. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Free Press at Free State High School before becoming Editor-in-Chief for the budget at Lawrence High School for 2023-24. Read his work for Times here.
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