Amid a rash of shootings in Sacramento in the last couple of weeks involving youth, the Black community is on pins and needles trying to get a handle on things to curb the violence.

In the last three weeks, the city of Sacramento has been the scene of more than 17 shootings, 30 victims, and nine homicides.

Before the COVID-19 virus put the city, state and country on alert, Sacramento had not experienced any youth fatalities for 24 months.

“In the last 28 months there has been zero youth homicides in the city of Sacramento.

King’s Always Knocking, Queens of Africa United International Foundation USA, Brother 2 Brother, Community Mothers of 95838 (Del Paso Heights), Community Crisis Response Team, and others are concerned and willing to help quell the violence.