Community leaders in Price Hill are leading the charge against violence in a summer kickoff rally Saturday.
Their goal: to get ahead of the violence by doing everything they can to prevent a repeat of 2020, which Cincinnati Police say was the city's deadliest summer on record.
EFFORT TO CURB SUMMER VIOLENCEBEFORE IT BEGINS.WCPO'S ALLKRAEMER IS LIVE IN PRICE HILLTHISMORNING...... WITH A LOOK ATHOW COMMUNITY LEADERS AREHITTING THE PAVEMENT TOPREVENT VIOLENCE.GOOD MORNING,ALLY.WE'RE AT THE CORNER OF ROSSAND WARSAW, IT'S A CENTRALPOINT HERE IN PRICE HILL WHERECOMMUNITY LEADERS WILL GATHERTODAY TO HAVE WHAT THEY'RECALLING A COMMUNITYCONVERSATION.THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OFTHE VIOLENCE - DOINGEVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PREVENTA REPEAT OF LAST SUMMER WHICH,ACCORDING TO CINCINNATIPOLICE, WAS THE DEADLIEST ONRECORD.
94 PEOPLE WERE KILLEDLAST YEAR, MORE THAN HALFDURING THE APRIL-AUGUSTSTRETCH.
AND THERE WERE NEARLY500 SHOOTINGS.
THE NUMBERSRIGHT NOW AREN'T GREAT -ALREADY 31 PEOPLE KILLED.
SOSTARTING AT 3:00 TODAY -LEADERS WITH CINCINNATI WORKSWANT PEOPLE TO COME OUTSIDETHEIR HOMES, COME TALK TO THEMABOUT THE ISSUES IN THEIRNEIGHBORHOOD AND ASK FOR HELP.IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CRIMERELATED - IT COULD BE A SAFETYCONCERN - THEY HAVE THERESOURCES FOR YOU.TRT :18 OUT "doingdifferentthings"Mitch Morris/CincinnatiWorks "say if you need astreetlight on your street totry to make things better,make you feel safe.
It'stragic when you have kidsworried about ducking anddodging bullets.
So we want tocome in the community, bringsome joy, bring some happinessand bring some resources inorder to try to get people tostart thinking differently anddoing different things"AGAIN, THEY'LL BE GRILLING OUTWITH AGENCIES FROM ACROSS THECITY TODAY AT 3:00 HERE ATROSS AND WARSAW IN PRICE HILL.BRING A PROBLEM, THEY'LL PAIRYOU WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU SOLVETHAT ISSUE.
REPORTING LIVE,AK, WCPO 9 NEWS.