At least two teens were shot in Cincinnati during the weekend.It's been a record year for Hamilton County Juvenile Court for all the wrong reasons and advocates hope to curb the violence.Investigators said one of the most recent gun violence victims was set to have surgery on Monday.They said he is just 15 years old and his mother was on the scene after he was shot.It's another case of a child touched by gun violence in our city."We've just got to get to the bottom of these shootings, man. Everybody be living in a peaceful way, it'd be a wonderful thing," said Mitchell Morris with the Cincinnati Works Phoenix Program.Community advocates said there are too many shootings with kids caught in the mix.Morris is saddened to see at least two more cases just this weekend."Please put them guns down. It's a better way. Whatever the disagreement is, whatever you're going through, disrespect thing, please let's talk to somebody," he said.On Saturday at about 9 p.m., Cincinnati police said two people were shooting at each other on Baymiller Street in the West End when a 17-year-old boy was hit.Investigators said he went to the hospital and is expected to be OK.Then, on Sunday night at about 10 p.m., Cincinnati police said a 15-year-old boy was shot near Montgomery Road and Rutland Avenue in Evanston.Police said he was stabilized at UC Medical Center and set to have surgery on Monday.As we first told you a few months ago, Hamilton County Juvenile Court officials said it's been a record year for the wrong reasons.They said 77 kids are in The Youth Center, with 80% of them charged with an offense involving a gun.Twenty-four are charged with felonious assault and 15 are charged with murder, officials told WLWT.Court officials said some face multiple counts.They said in total there have been 35 counts of murder and 39 counts of felonious assault filed this year.This year, Hamilton County Juvenile Court has launched a new assessment center to help get teens on the right track.Morris hopes more people will drop the guns and help the community instead."You had a group of people down in the West End passing out bikes to little kids and same thing in Walnut Hills, Avondale, you got groups of people doing wonderful work, there's lot of wonderful work being done," he said.Cincinnati police said they have no updates on how the 15-year-old boy is doing.Police said in that shooting, they are looking for two men wearing all black.They said they have no information about what led up to the gunfire but said there is surveillance video from the city's Real-Time Crime Camera Network.
At least two teens were shot in Cincinnati during the weekend.
It's been a record year for Hamilton County Juvenile Court for all the wrong reasons and advocates hope to curb the violence.
Investigators said one of the most recent gun violence victims was set to have surgery on Monday.
They said he is just 15 years old and his mother was on the scene after he was shot.
It's another case of a child touched by gun violence in our city.
"We've just got to get to the bottom of these shootings, man. Everybody be living in a peaceful way, it'd be a wonderful thing," said Mitchell Morris with the Cincinnati Works Phoenix Program.
Community advocates said there are too many shootings with kids caught in the mix.
Morris is saddened to see at least two more cases just this weekend.
"Please put them guns down. It's a better way. Whatever the disagreement is, whatever you're going through, disrespect thing, please let's talk to somebody," he said.
On Saturday at about 9 p.m., Cincinnati police said two people were shooting at each other on Baymiller Street in the West End when a 17-year-old boy was hit.
Investigators said he went to the hospital and is expected to be OK.
Then, on Sunday night at about 10 p.m., Cincinnati police said a 15-year-old boy was shot near Montgomery Road and Rutland Avenue in Evanston.
Police said he was stabilized at UC Medical Center and set to have surgery on Monday.
As we first told you a few months ago, Hamilton County Juvenile Court officials said it's been a record year for the wrong reasons.
They said 77 kids are in The Youth Center, with 80% of them charged with an offense involving a gun.
Twenty-four are charged with felonious assault and 15 are charged with murder, officials told WLWT.
Court officials said some face multiple counts.
They said in total there have been 35 counts of murder and 39 counts of felonious assault filed this year.
This year, Hamilton County Juvenile Court has launched a new assessment center to help get teens on the right track.
Morris hopes more people will drop the guns and help the community instead.
"You had a group of people down in the West End passing out bikes to little kids and same thing in Walnut Hills, Avondale, you got groups of people doing wonderful work, there's lot of wonderful work being done," he said.
Cincinnati police said they have no updates on how the 15-year-old boy is doing.
Police said in that shooting, they are looking for two men wearing all black.
They said they have no information about what led up to the gunfire but said there is surveillance video from the city's Real-Time Crime Camera Network.
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