'Stop The Violence' Town Hall Planned Where 1-Year-Old Was Killed

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Top cops and local elected officials will hold a "Stop the Violence Town Hall" Tuesday in their latest effort to address a shooting surge in the borough.

The 6 p.m. Town Hall — organized by Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. and NYPD leaders — will follow a family day at the Raymond Bush Playground, the playground where 1-year-old Davell Gardner Jr. was shot and killed last week.

Davell's death is one of several fatalities in Central Brooklyn in the last week as New York City grapples with a months-long shooting surge.

In Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights, recent shootings have left three people dead, including Davell, and have injured at least nine, according to Cornegy's office.

Cops are still looking for the two gunmen who opened fire on the July 12 Bed-Stuy cookout where Davell was killed and three others were injured. A fundraiser for Davell's family has raised more than $27,000.

The family day and town hall is part of an initiative to bring more resources to neighborhoods suffering from the uptick in gun violence.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has said his new anti-crime plan includes increased NYPD foot patrols in high-shooting areas, particularly in the Brooklyn and the Bronx, and deploying Community Affairs officers and gun buybacks.

Brooklyn activists also recently held a "Cease-Fire Peace Walk" through the neighborhood.

Here's the schedule for the "Stop the Violence Town Hall":

Who: Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.

NYPD Chief of Community Affairs Jeffrey Maddrey

NYPD Assistant Chief Patrol Borough Brooklyn North Judith R. Harrison

NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison

Where: Raymond Bush Playground, 308 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn NY 11221

When: Tuesday, July 21st

• 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Family Day activities
• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gun Violence Town Hall
• 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Family friendly film