Residents, Officials, Seek Answers To Stop Violence

June 16, 2017 Social

More than 150 residents met at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens June 15 for a town meeting spurred by a recent spate of violence in the 4th Ward.

Township police have made headway in investigations into 18 shooting incidents that occurred in the 4th Ward over the Spring, a group of about 150 residents was told June 15.

Township Chief of Police Lawrence Roberts told the group assembled at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens that “numerous” arrests have been made in connection with those incidents, and that three guns – including an assault weapon – have been seized.

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