Cincinnati city leaders address rise in youth gun violence

Cincinnati leaders shared some disturbing data at Thursday's press conference about an uptick in youth gun violence in the Queen City, along with their plans to try and make it stop. So far in 2023, 31 juveniles have been victims of both fatal and non fatal shootings. In 2022, that number was 10. The number of older gun violence victims is going down but the number of children involved is going up drastically. Mayor Aftab Pureval said the main goal for the summer is to get guns out of the hands of children: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/cincinnati-leaders-expected-to-unveil-new-plan-to-combat-spike-in-gun-violence