Community members held a peace rally in San Francisco's Mission District Tuesday evening, hoping to create a space for healing after the June 9 shooting that injured nine people at a family block party.
A neighborhood rally was held Tuesday in San Francisco's Mission District for the nine victims of a recent drive-by shooting where the victims were injured. The community is calling on the city for more support in the face of gun violence.Community members held a peace rally in San Francisco's Mission District Tuesday evening, hoping to create a space for healing after the"Today we are here to heal.
"When their friends needed them the most, when they saw that people were hurt, they immediately went into action. They were applying pressure. They were trying to do tourniquets. They were trying to take care of those who were wounded," said Susana Rojas, a Mission Peace Collaborative Memberpolice later detained a person of interest, Javier Campos, who investigators say is an alleged Sureno gang member.
"The thing with the Mission Peace Collaborative that's very powerful is that they work directly with the families. And there was nothing here with Sureño or Norteño. There was nothing gang…it was a young man with mental health problems," said Francisco Herrera of theSome young people at the rally said it is stressful seeing so many shootings in the Bay Area.
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