LAST
LAST WEEK.. AFTER THE MOST RECENT 4@HOMICIDE IN MACON... AND THE 6TH TEENAGER 4@KILLED
THIS YEAR... BIBB SHERIFF
DAVID DAVIS ADDRESSED THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE VIOLENT
YEAR WE'VE HAD SO FAR. TO HAVE
4@
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE VIOLENT YEAR WE'VE HAD SO FAR. TO HAVE THE CONDITIONS PRESENT IN OUR
COMMUNITY THAT WILL 4@CAUSE US
TO HAVE 32 HOMICIDES... AND
IT'S GONNA TAKE US A WHILE TO
GET OUT OF IT.4@BUT TONIGHT...
13INVESTIGATES WHAT THOSE
CONDITIONS ARE... AND WHAT
PEOPLE WHO'VE 4@ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCED THEM... SAY IT
WILL TAKE TO FIX THIS
4@PROBLEM. KATELYN HECK SPOKE WITH TWO
YOUNG MEN WHO SAY THEY COULD
HAVE EASILY BEEN ANOTHER CRIME
STATISTIC... BUT CHOSE NOT TO
BE.4@ ADRIAN
BE.4@ ADRIAN 4@
ADRIAN 4@ 4@ ADRIAN ALEXANDER, I'M
28.QUARTEZ 4@LESTER, 24 YEARS
OLD.I'M A TEACHER NOW, I'M A
COACH OVER THERE AT
SOUTHWEST.I WORK OVER AT THE
MENTOR'S PROJECT. I GO INTO A
DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOL EACH
DAY.I DIDN'T HAVE A 4@MOTHER OR
FATHER FIGURE. I KNEW OF THEM
4@ BUT THEY WASN'T I4@N MY LIFE.I
4@HAD MY MOTHER AND MY
GRANDMOTHER.F4@OOTBALL HELPED M
4@HAD MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER.F4@OOTBALL HELPED M@ OUT A LOT. I THINK IF I
WOULDN'T HAVE PLAYED FOOTBALL,
I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN
JAIL OR 4@DEAD RIGHT NOW.
NOWADAYS, YOU'VE GOT KIDS
KNOWING WHAT GUNS IS. THEY'RE
SLINGING GUNS, THEY'RE NOT
SLINGING A BASKETBALL OR
4@ FOOTBALL.KIDS WILL WAKE UP4@ AN
GRAB THEIR 4@GUNS BEFORE THEY
BRUSH THEIR TEETH. IT'S SAD. I
MEAN, IT'S NOT 'KILL OR BE
KILLED,' BUT YOU TRY TO 4@MAKE
IT BAC4@K HOME.WE DIDN'T NEED
GUNS BACK THEN, BUT IT'S A
CHANGE 4@OF SCENERY NOW. I THIN
EVREYBODY SHOULD HAVE A 4@GUN
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S
OUT FOR YOU OR WHO'S GOING TO
TAKE YOU OUT.I KNOW
13-YEAR-OLDS, GUNS, AND NOT
JUST LITTLE GUNS, BIG GUNS. I
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GET 4@THEM,
BUT THEY GOT THEM.IT'S THAT
SERIOUS AND IT'S THAT DEEP
DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW.I'VE SEEN
AS YOUNG AS A 7TH GRAD4@ER
4@ SMOKING WEED. YEAH, IT WAS A
4@ SHOCKER TO ME TOO. YOU KNOW
HOW TO4@ SMOKE WEED, BUT YOU
CAN'T SIT HERE AND READ THIS
BOOK.I WASN'T AN HONOR ROLL
4@ STUDENT, I JUST APPLIED
4@ MYSELF. I DIDN'T WANT TO FAIL
4@ MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE WHO WAS
AROUND ME SO I CAN GIVE GOOD
FEEDBACK AND 4@KNOWLEDGEABLE
THINGS TO MY STUDENTS AND TELL
THEM THEY CAN MAKE IT.KIDS NOW
DON'T HAVE NO GUIDANCE TRYING
TO 4@TEACH THEM FROM WRONG TO
RIGHT.YOU NEED SOME OF THOSE
TYPES OF PEOPLE AROUND 4@FOR YO
TO CUT OUT 4@SOME OF 4@THE BAD
ACTIVITIES THEY'VE GOT GOING
ON.I REMEMBER THE CHURCH VAN
USED TO COME IN MY
4@ NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU WOULD WANT
TO GET ON THE CHURCH VAN. AND
IF YOU DIDN'T YOU STILL 4@4@WOU
GET ON. KIDS PROBABLY DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT A CHURCH VAN
IS. I HAVEN'T SEEN 4@ONE COME
THROUGH IN A MINUTE.I JUST
WANT TO BE A LEADER FOR MY
CITY. I JUST WANT TO SHOW THEM
THAT GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN
IF YOU APPLY YOURSELF.I JUST
WANT TO LET MACON KNOW THAT
PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE WILLING TO
GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE WORLD IF 4@YOU JUST MAKE
BETTER
DECISIONS. 4@
IN THE WORLD IF 4@YOU JUST MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. AND MUCH OF THAT TEEN
VIOLENCE HAS ADDED TO THE
UPTICK IN OVERALL VIOLENCE IN
BIBB COUNTY. SO FAR THIS
YEAR...THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES
IN BIBB HAS PASSED LAST YEAR'S
NUMBER OF 30.4@ THREE OF
4@ THOSE 30 VICTIMS WERE
TEENAGERS..4@ THE COUNTIES LATEST
HOMICIDE VICTIM... WAS A TEEN
ALLEGEDLY 4@GUNNED DOWN BY
JA'REYSE POLLARD AND TAJAH
DESHAUN COLEMAN...BOTH 4@FACE
MURDER CHARGES IN THE 4@SHOOTIN
DEATH OF 17 YEAR OLD 4@PEDRO
GARCIA. THOSE TWO TEENS
ARE ADDED TO THE LIST OF NOW
EIGHT BIBB COUNTY 4@TEENAGERS
WHO ARE CHARGED IN HOMICIDES
THIS SUMMER.
THE TWO PEOPLE YOU HEAR
FROM IN KATELYN'S STORY SAY
TEENS DEAL WITH A LOT OF
NEGATIVE INFLUENCES...
MUSIC... SOCIAL MEDIA... THEIR
@ PEERS. BUT THEY SAY 4@IT
ONLY TAKES ONE POSITIVE ROLE
MODEL TO KEEP THEM ON THE
RIGHT PATH. 4@ IF YOU
HAVE A TROUBLED TEEN AT
HOME...A FULL LIST OF
RESOURCES AND MENTORSHIP
PROGRAMS WORKING TO 4@CURB TEEN
VIOLENCE... AND GET YOUR CHILD
ON THE RIGHT PATH...CAN BE
FOUND ON OUR 4@WEBSITE 134@WMAZ
DOT COM.