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Rally planned Friday in Jacksonville to condemn gun violence

Michelle Corum

People are asked to wear orange to remember shooting victims on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters (center) flanked by Mayor lenny Curry (left), local and federal law enforcement and community leaders, announced increased manpower to investigate a late Saturday drive-by shooting that left a 13-year-old boy dead and others injured at the intersection of New Kings and Moncrief roads.

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$9K reward offered for tips in 13-year-old's drive-by shooting death

Dan Scanlan

Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff T.K. Waters join forces to decry recent deadly violence on Jacksonville streets

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Jacksonville leads state in accidental child shooting deaths

Dan Scanlan - Florida Times-Union

In the last two years, Jacksonville has seen at least 11 accidental shootings involving juveniles, five of whom died and one as recent as three months ago.

Mothers who lost their children to gun violence stand on the steps of Jacksonville City Hall.

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Mothers plead: Protect our children from guns

Scott Johnson - News4Jax

Moms who lost their children to gun violence gathered at City Hall on Tuesday, led by state Rep. Angie Nixon. Too many children like theirs are dying, they said.

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20 Teens Shot This Year In Jacksonville

Twenty teenagers have been shot so far this year in Jacksonville, according to News4Jax records.On Thursday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office listed…

Woman high fiving a girl as another girl looks into a microscope

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An Increased Focus On Women, Girls In The Quest To Reduce Gun Violence

Rosie Brooks has experienced both of a mother’s worst nightmares involving gun violence.First, Brooks’ son spent a decade behind bars for an accidental…

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Local Study To Track Violence Experienced By LGBT Community

Today, Synthia Roy works at a tattoo parlor in Jacksonville’s Edgewood area, she does set design and makeup for horror films and recently produced her…

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Jacksonville Opens Firearm Forensics Center

Abukar Adan

Jacksonville is opening a firearm forensics center that will help officers generate leads in cases involving violent crime.Related: City Of Jacksonville…

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69 Percent Of Jacksonville Murders This Year Remain Unsolved

In the first 51 weeks of 2018, 128 people were killed in Jacksonville. Of those cases, 106 were classified as murders. Just 30 of the murders were cleared…

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8/30/2018: Stop The Violence; Temp; Feed My Mojo

Kevin Meerschaert

Thursday on First Coast Connect, on the heels of the deadly weekend in Jacksonville there are more calls to address the roots of Jacksonville’s gun…