‘What Are We Doing To Really Solve The Issues?’ — Questions Arise After Two Sacramento Homicides In First 2 Days Of The Year

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Two homicides occurred successful the archetypal 2 days of 2022 marking a convulsive commencement to the twelvemonth successful Sacramento.

The city’s archetypal homicide of the twelvemonth happened successful the country adjacent Florez Bar and Grill successful South Sacramento.

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“It’s a traumatic acquisition for everybody,” explained Isabella Florez, the adjunct manager of Florez Bar and Grill. “They were each frightened. They wanted to marque definite that the feline was OK of course.”

The Florez household owns 2 businesses successful a South Land Park buying center. She explained that employees who heard the gunfire came extracurricular to effort to assistance the victim. The antheral died on-scene aft being changeable extracurricular of Mike’s Liquor store.

“It’s not thing that truly happens astir here. Our location, we are trying to bring it up much than it’s going down but it’s truly hard,” said Florez.

“When we are present successful this occupation arsenic aboriginal arsenic it is successful 2022 but what are we doing to truly lick the issues?” questioned Berry Accius, laminitis of Voice of the Youth.

Accius doesn’t judge much constabulary volition lick the issue. Instead, helium says backing much prevention programs volition marque an impact.

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“We lone lick it erstwhile we person a afloat tribunal property connected each these issues happening, erstwhile we commencement saying we are going to put successful these communities,” helium said. “And focusing connected each the amerciable guns that these kids are getting.”

In 2020, Sacramento had 57 homicides, the highest fig since 2006. In total, 240 radical were changeable passim the metropolis during the year.

“We had zero younker homicides earlier the pandemic and past the pandemic hit. Statistically, what has worked has been preventions from organizations similar myself and galore others doing the enactment and past the constabulary officers tin absorption connected the enactment that needs to beryllium done: getting the guns disconnected the streets,” explained Accuis.

In his past tweet earlier retiring from the Sacramento Police Department, the erstwhile chief, Daniel Hahn, called for a “renewed absorption connected collaboration and teamwork” to guarantee the city’s safety.

It’s a convulsive commencement to the caller twelvemonth residents anticipation volition not continue.

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“I conscionable anticipation each this unit stops,” explained Mike’s Liquor customer, Chris Selim. “Hopefully it gets better. You conscionable got to deliberation affirmative and support connected praying.”

Velena Jones