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A group of marchers say they are on a crusade to reclaim a city plagued with violent crime. They took to the streets, praying for peace in Flint, and asking for answers on how to stop senseless shootings. "We're going to reach out to the community letting them know we care," said Tim Jones. Jones organized the prayer march.
The march began with more than a dozen men, women and children walking through neighborhoods along Martin Luther King Avenue in Flint. Angel McGruder joined the marchers after hearing a call to end violence over the radio.
"Everyday somebody is getting killed out in the streets. Some of it you don't hear in the news, but everyday it's happening," McGruder said.
The teenager recently lost a close friend and a relative to gun violence. She says both of those victims were young men in their teens.
“I mean young and old, parents are killing kids. Sisters and brothers are killing one another. We need more people in to church, on God's side, following the light."
The group marched in the shadows of a bloody weekend. Two Flint men were killed Saturday. Police say 33-year-old Jonathan Parker was gunned down on Lippincott and Crocker just before seven in the evening. Earlier that morning, 18-year-old Lonnie Weaver collapsed and died after he was shot near Holbrook and College Avenues. The marchers say it's time for an intervention.
“Prayer changes things. Prayer changes all things, I'm a definite believer of that," Jones said.
Angel McGruder says she hopes the march leads to one less makeshift memorial.
"When you take away someone's life, you taking away not just their life, but the life of their family, the life of their friends, the life of their loved ones."
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