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SCHOOLS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARE SENDING
OUT A CALL TO ACTION.
19 YEAR OLD DAVID
WHITE---A LAKE TAYLOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT--
WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON
HIS WAY HOME FROM A
FOOTBALL GAME
FRIDAY NIGHT. A 15 YEAR
OLD IS CHARGED IN HIS
***. AND LAST MONTH
19 YEAR OLD CARLTON
DEAN--A RECENT GRADUATE
OF MAURY HIGH SCHOOL--
WAS SHOT
AND KILLED JUST BLOCKS
FROM HIS HOME. NORFOLK'S
SUPERINTENDENT CALLED A
NEWS CONFERENCE TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING
DONE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL
AND
NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER. 10
ON YOUR SIDE'S STEPHANIE
HARRIS
WAS THERE.
THIS WAS BASICALLAY A
SHOW OF UNITY BETWEEN A
BRAND NEW
SUPERITNEDNET AND A BRAND
NEW POLIC CHIEF.
THEY STOOD WITH THE
SHERIFF AND ACKOWLEDGED
NORFOLK HAS SOME
PROBLEMS AND SAY THEY ARE
WORKING ON SOLUTIONS.
THE NIGHT DAVID WHITE WAS
MURDERED HE ATTENDED A
FOOTBALL GAME AT BOOKER T
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
SECURITY THERE WAS
EXTENSIVE ACCORDING TO
NORFOLK SCHOOLS
SUPERITENDENT, DR.
SAMUAEL KING. BUT HE
TOLD A GROUP OF
REPORTERS THERE ARE SOME
THINGS SURROUNDING THE
INCIDENT, SOME
UNASNWERED QUESTIONS THAT
HE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT
PROMPTED HIM
TO ALTER THE FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF
THE
SEASON.
POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL
GOLDSMITH SAID HE
SUPPORTS THAT DECION.
REACTION FROM STUDENTS
AND PARENTS IS MIXED.
DR. KING ADMITS THIS IS
NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
HE SAID THAT WILL TAKE
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS -
AND MADE THIS CALL TO
ACTION :
KING ALSO SAID OFFICERS
AND DEUPTIES HAVE
RECENTLY STEPPED
UP TO INCREASE SECURITY
AT SCHOOL EVENTS, AND
HOPES A NEW
CRIMELINE TEXTING FEATURE
WILL APPEAL TO YOUNGER
PEOPLE AND HELP
MAKE SCHOOLS AND
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
SAFER.
NORFOLK POLICE SAY THAT
NEW TEXTING FEATURE
SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE ON CRIMELINE BY
THE END OF THE MONTH.
ITS ALREADY SUCCESSFUL IN
OTHER CITIES.
STEPHANIE HARRIS TOYS
SUPERITNEDENT KING ALSO
ENCOURAGED CITIZENS TO
MENTOR
STUDENTS AND JOIN ACTOIN
COMMITTEES THAT ARE
DEVELOPING A
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE, WHICH INCLUDES
SAFETY.
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