Salisbury church holds vigil for gun violence

SALISBURY, Md. – Maryland State Police and Lower Eastern Shore county officials are holding a public hearing on Monday to discuss police responses to gun violence.

Their goal is to prevent a communication breakdown like the one in Uvalde that lead to police waiting to enter the building while the shooter was still inside. The meeting will take place Monday at 6 PM in the First Baptist Church parking lot in Salisbury. Their reverend says they have been in communication with police and assured that any active shooter situation will be dealt with as quickly as possible by officers. Their goal now is to educate the public on who to call and what to be on the lookout for.

“We plan to have law enforcement agencies here to come before our community and make a way of their position and what to do if this happens, who to call if you see something say something – we are a small town like Uvalde so we don’t want something like this to catch us off guard>

Dr. Lewis says he wants to see as many community members as possible at the event. He tells us preventing a shooting before it happens should matter to every single person in our community.