Milton Police Address Gun Violence at Blue Hill Avenue Community Meeting
Residents of the Blue Hill Avenue area filled a room at Concord Baptist Church for the Milton Police Community Meeting on Monday.
In response to three shootings in the Blue Hill Avenue, Tucker neighborhood in the past two months, the Milton Police will commit additional resources and focus on collaboration to quell concerns in the area. Chief Richard Wells Jr., and other members of the Milton Police Department hosted a Community Meeting on Monday, March 5, at Concord Baptist Church, which was attended by a standing-room-only audience. The meeting was called after three unrelated gun crimes occurred in the same neighborhood. Most recently, a man was shot in the stomach Wednesday, February 29, on Belvoir Road. Prior to that, a Milton resident was hospitalized after being shot in the leg on February 21 at her Blue Hill Avenue home. The first shooting to occur in the …
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9:27 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Now we shall see if the community steps up and stops this dangerous foolishness. If they forget the "don't snitch " mentality, then we have a chance to succeed. If not, and they bring their Boston attitudes , they are part of the problem. The police, can't do it alone. We 'll see. more ›