By: Las Vegas Now Staff
Just days after a shoot out at an apartment complex left three teens in the hospital, community leaders are standing up again to call for an end to the violence.
Tuesday's shooting left many inside this apartment complex shaken and worried that the two groups shooting at each other will come back for revenge. That is why they hope Thursday's rally will make a difference.
With food, music, and fun they hope to catch students on their way home from school and once they have their attention they push their message — violence is no longer an acceptable way of life. Retaliation will not be tolerated and while the three teens shot here were not killed in this shooting, the senseless loss of many others will no longer be acceptable.
They are calling for change and want to see it happen.
“Now it is up to them. They got to get the attitude right. They got to decide that they are going to listen because people are putting in a lot of time and effort in,” said resident Edward Watson.
Two bullets went through Watson's apartment the night of the shooting in the very place he and his wife were sitting just minutes before.
They feel lucky to be a live and to be able to attend the rally. They say they know this neighborhood can be so much more and it's in the hands of the youth here to make a choice and turn from violence
The last Safe Village was actually held just a few hours before Tuesday's shooting. People here says that it feels like a slap in the face when they put so much effort into trying to change their community for the better and a small group refuses to listen.
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