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ON INTERSTATE 5. THEY FOUND A
26-YEAR-OLD MAN SUFFERING
MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
HE DIED AT THE SCENE.
AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED
THE VICTIM.
SACRAMENTO IS TAKING ACTION
FOLLOWING A SHOOTING AT A
POPULAR PART WHILE LITTLE LEAGUE
TEAMS WERE PLAYING BASEBALL
NEARBY.
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE ON
TUESDAY AND SHORTLY AFTER THE
CITY INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS
TO MONITOR THE AREA 247.
JENNIFER IS IN CITY HALL TO
TELL US HOW THE CHANGES ARE
MAKING NEIGHBORS FEEL SAFER.
Reporter: THIS IS A IS A
NEW LEAVING IT - - RENOVATED
PARK THAT SHOULD BE AN ASSET TO
THE COMMUNITY BUT PARENTS FEAR
SENDING THEIR KIDS THERE.
I SPOKE WITH CITY LEADERS TODAY
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THINGS
ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
IT IS A PARK, THROWING,
CATCHING, LEARNING TO PLAY BALL
IS WHAT KIDS SHOULD BE DOING
BUT ON TUESDAY, THAT NORMALCY
WAS WRONG - - ROCKS DURING A
LITTLE LEAGUE GAME.
WITH ESCALATING VIOLENCE,
PARENTS WERE PULLING THEIR KIDS
FROM THE PARK AND THE TEAM.
DOZENS ARE GETTING WITH POLICE
AND THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE BACK
THE PARK AND STOP THE VIOLENCE.
THE MAIN THING IS THE KIDS
AND THE KIDS GETTING BACK OUT
HERE AGAIN.
THE MOVEMENT HAS GONE
STRAIGHT TO THIS - - TO THE
TOP, LITERALLY A 360-DEGREE
CAMERA WILL ALLOW 24 HOUR 24
HOUR SURVEILLANCE.
AND ACCOUNTS MEMBER SAYS THERE
WILL BE HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE
UNTIL THE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE.
I HAVE KIDS MYSELF.
YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME BACK
AND SEE WE HAVE POLICE THERE
DURING THE GAMES AND THEY WILL
BE THERE ALWAYS.
Reporter: PARENTS ARE
OPTIMISTIC AND SAY THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO STEP UP TO THE
PLATE FOR THEIR KIDS.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS A ONE-
TIME A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE.
HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL GET
BETTER.
Reporter: THEY ARE EAGER TO
GET BACK ON THE FIELD AGAIN.
THAT IS US AS PARENTS WHERE WE
WANT TO SEE THE SAME THING
ALSO.
Reporter: AGAIN A SCARY
SITUATION BUT AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE WERE PLENTY OF
ENFORCEMENTS THERE TO MAKE SURE
YOUR CHILD IS SAFE.
THEY HAVE NOT CANCELED THE GAME