This is five on your side. At six
focused on you
a day of reflection and remembrance.
One year after two people were killed and several others hurt
during a shooting at central visual and performing arts high School.
There were no classes today at CBP A and
the neighboring Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience.
So students and staff could focus on healing.
Thanks for joining us. I'm Mike Bush and I'm an all red for many.
It will take more than a year if ever to erase the memories of that day.
A former student walked into the school and opened
fire killing sophomore Alexandria Bell and teacher Gene Kuska
before police killed him,
seven other students were physically hurt.
Everyone on campus that day is dealing with trauma. We have two reports tonight.
Let's begin with five in your sides. Jina Cornell. She joins us live from CBP A.
After speaking to school leaders today, Justina
Mike and Anne,
there was definitely a theme in our conversations today and that was changes
all of the changes they've made within the last year and the momentum
to keep moving forward
with every single move. CBP. Students are in sync in this routine,
aren't moving them.
And I saw those young people
a moving and how their art was healing them.
And now many are going through the motions.
Each one moving forward at their own pace.
This is after last year, a school shooting destroyed their sense of security.
Taking away the lives of a teacher and student current board president,
Antoinette Tony Cousins witnessed the chaos and instantly I said
you need me.
Her leadership went beyond that day making sure if mental health was needed.
Over the past year, there are new security measures in place.
ST Louis public schools spend an extra $2.5
million for additional video surveillance intrusion alarms,
specialty doors and windows along with more
security officers paired with extra training,
fresh faces with the fresh perspective.
Join to a new superintendent and new school principal,
I became aware about ST Louis public schools.
Unfortunately, because of the shooting,
they have a special place in my heart because that was the connection point for me.
Superintendent Keisha Scarlett is ready to gear students in the right direction.
Our Children know different ways.
You know,
I think internally to be able to kill themselves and our job
is to make sure have the opportunities to be able to explore.
They say no amount of practice prepares you for life's harshest lesson.
What stands out more than anything,
the resilience of the students, the staff.
Yet leaders say these students and staff have worked hard
to heal and will continue to keep moving through.
What I
know what happened is
we won't stop.
Um We'll continue to rise. We'll continue to fight
for the betterment of all, especially our Children.
Now,
those leaders expressed their loves to Saint Louis saying the community
has truly stepped up not only on that deadly day but even
a year out reporting in Saint Louis, Josina Cornell five on your side
While we remember the lives lost today,
we also remember the lives that are forever changed.
We're talking about the survivors people that were
in the building when that gunfire started.
Five on your side's Mercedes mckay continues our team coverage.
She talked to one former student who says he's no longer running away from his pain.
Strickland was a senior here at Central visual and
performing arts high school when the shooting happened.
He's now a freshman in college and like many for him,
the healing process is far from over. We got to know Strickland.
Well, in the days, weeks and months following the tragedy,
the senior stepped up for his class organizing several events to help them all heal,
including a march and unity show where they use their talents to tell their story.
On the day of the shooting.
Strickland says he still vividly remembers the gunshots screaming and
his classmates jumping out of the windows to safety.
He shared how it has taught him to appreciate life. It helped me to realize that
you cannot take life for granted.
Because so many people
don't realize how
life can truly flash before your eyes.
It helps you appreciate people,
it helps you appreciate the loved ones
because you never know
when
your last is your last?
I asked Strickland if there was one message from this
day that he wanted to share with the community,
what would it be?
His message is to love on each other because you
never know when your life can change in an instant
in South City Mercedes mckay five on your side.
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We have more Survivor stories and an update
on the police investigation which remains open.
One year later,
the city of Cree Corp has voted to move forward with
a massive redevelopment plan. The project would turn the old Bear campus on
a boulevard into a mixed use village with apartments, town homes,
restaurants and more.
Our Diamond Palmer is live in Creep Corp with new
reaction from some frustrated residents about all this diamond.
Well, good evening, Mike,
the city council here and Cree core approved this
development last night at the city council meeting unanimously and
it has residents upset about it saying that they
were informed too late about this development and its progress
and they're now demanding more transparency from their city
leaders as it moves into the next phase.
With that unanimous vote,
Creve Cour City council members approved the next phase
of a mixed use development district called Olia Village.
It would transform the old Bayer
campus into 96 acres of apartments, shops, office buildings and hotels.
During two hours of public comment, Monday night,
it was clear not everyone is happy,
completely unacceptable to allow development to move
forward without addressing the citizens concerns,
particularly those residents who live adjacent to the proposed development.
Frank Skuta
wants changes including a higher retaining wall,
more green space and smaller buildings.
He and others who live along.
Spay Wood signed a petition against the current project plan.
We needed to get at least 30%.
We actually got 62% of the residents that are adjacent to the property
and that includes 100% of the of the residents
along Spady Woods that are within that 185 ft.
Rachel Protz
says developers and city council members didn't visit her home in other
adjacent homes until last week to inform them of project changes.
She says only one of her council members for her district.
A meeting with residents on October 8th the day before a city council meeting
but other residents like Tate Skinner are in favor of the project.
It's a really good golden opportunity for Creve Court to develop
a business district that is dense along the Olive strip
which we're already seeing is becoming more and more busy.
Now,
the mayor of Creve Co did return my phone call about 30 minutes ago and
he says the plans for this development were uploaded to the city's website in April.
But he does say he wants to tell residents that they will do
a better job of informing them of any changes for this development.
Sooner
in the in the process reporting live here in Cree,
Co Diamond Palmer five on your side, a
capacity crowd packed Saint Louis City Hall to hear debate
on the city's challenges with homeless shelters and tent encampments.
A
revised proposal would require the city to pick a place to locate
a safe tent campsite for people in transition who cannot find shelter.
Our political editor Mark Maxwell is live downtown. Mark.
You have brand new details
and good evening,
thorny problems created tense moments as Alderman tried to
tackle those enduring issues like poverty and homelessness and while
they still can't seem to agree on a way forward,
they did remove some controversial ideas that would have
allowed public urination or defecation and instead started focusing
on longer term issues, things that might ultimately save lives.
42 years ago, a homeless man froze to death on these very church steps in solar
and the neighborhood said enough and so they decided to
open up the shelter in the basement of the church.
Now that shelter is at capacity,
winter is coming.
Its director Anthony
Dagostino knows they will soon have more people knocking at
the or than they can take in every winter.
We run into major frostbite and death.
We know that we don't have shelter capacity. Older woman, Alicia Saner
proposed an easier path to approve shelters throughout the city.
The current petition process requires significant buy in from neighbors nearby
and you need 51%.
So it's, it's a, it's a lot
Saint Peter and Paul has money in the bank and they're ready to expand.
But before they can cut the ribbon on a new shelter,
they have to cut through red tape at City Hall. I
mean, there's too many,
there's too much
process.
One by one witnesses brought their frustrations about
poverty and homelessness to the Board of Aldermen.
We can do better. We're one of America's great cities and we're in decline.
Why is it easier and cheaper to find fentaNYL and
crack cocaine in this city than bread or a blanket?
I've been homeless several times.
Virginia Shelton slammed the mayor's recent decision to
evict the tent encampment outside City Hall.
It hurts my soul
to see
people being treated like that.
That's just like somebody taking one of us and taking our whole
house and everything we own and throwing it in the dumpster,
say get out of our hood, get out of our neighborhood.
Despite the challenges,
there were signs of hope and reminders of what's at
stake when someone can find their way into shelter.
I'm here
with for
clean
and sober
and,
and
right,
the new version of this UN house bill of
rights would require the city to give those tent
camp sites a 30 day eviction notice with hopes
it would funnel those people into more permanent shelter.
In the interim. It would also require police officers to have a 24 7
presence, whether that's with an officer or surveillance at each of these sites.
It's
still no sign that this plan has anywhere near the amount of support
it needs to pass live downtown Mark Maxwell five on your side.
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