City fights gun culture among Akron youths
Akron police investigate the crime scene at Mr. Pantry located on the corner of Storer Avenue and Copley Road, the site of a shooting involving reportedly two victims on March 30, 2012 in Akron. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Akron Police investigators at the scene of a shooting on Davies Ave. where a 4-year old child died on Jan. 23 in Akron. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Darrita Davis, president of the Stop The Violence Akron Movement, leads supporters at a rally on the 900 block of Copley Rd. on Feb. 22 in Akron. (Phil Masturzo /Akron Beacon Journal)
In this file photo, Myia Watkins of Akron stands with members of the community during a candle light vigil at Buchtel High School to show their support after an afternoon shooting that killed 17-year-old Buchtel High School football player, Willie E. Brewer, III. Close to 150 people attended the vigil. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Akron Police investigators at the scene of a shooting on Davies Ave. where a 4-year old child died on Jan. 23 in Akron. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Wylene Edwards is recovering from gunshot wounds she received while driving her car on Elma Street in the North Hill area of Akron on Thursday, January 24, 2013. (Bob DeMay/Akron Beacon Journal)
Wylene Edwards, recovering from gunshot wounds she received while driving her car on Elma Street in the North Hill area of Akron describes the pain she felt in her arm after being shot. (Bob DeMay/Akron Beacon Journal)
Buchtel High student Willie Brewer III, 17, was shot and killed in a convenience store on Copley Road, March 30 , 2012 in Akron. (Photo courtesy of the family)
Wylene Edwards shows a cell phone photo of herself taken with Michelle Obama at a White House gun control press conference. (Phil Masturzo /Akron Beacon Journal)
Wylene Edwards is recovering from gunshot wounds she received while driving her car on Elma Street in the North Hill area of Akron. Edwards shown outside her Thayer Street home, where a sign urging residents to report crime was on display even before being a victim of crime. (Bob DeMay/Akron Beacon Journal)
Akron Police Chief James Nice surveys the scene of a fatal shooting on Madison Ave. in Akron on Feb. 5. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Raoof Ali Muhammad, a team leader for the Stop The Violence Akron Movement Rally, talks about his concerns on the 900 block of Copley Rd. on Feb. 22 in Akron. (Phil Masturzo /Akron Beacon Journal)
Thirteen-year-old Lamar Jones (left) wears a t-shirt with inspirational words as he waits to shoot free throws with Marcus Jackson Jr., 13, under the guidance of John Hafford, recreation supervisor for the Patterson Park Community Center, during a basketball practice at Forest Hill Community Learning Center on Thursday, in Akron. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
(From left) Marcus Jackson Jr., 13, Cordale Walls, 15, John Hafford, recreation supervisor for the Patterson Park Community Center, Lamar Jones, 13, and Jeywohnn Riggins, 14, share a moment of team unity before the start of a basketball practice at Forest Hill Community Learning Center on Thursday, in Akron. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Tyler Anderson, 17, was shot and killed last year in his Kenmore neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of the family)
