June 07, 2012 News » The Fly-By

Guns Down 

Mayor-appointed team launches plan to combat youth gun violence.

by Bianca Phillips
Since 2006, overall violent crime in Memphis has decreased by 30 percent. But despite that drop, gun violence among youth remains high, especially in pockets of Frayser and South Memphis. Those neighborhoods will be the target of a new plan to reduce…

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