City Leaders Answer Brookline Residents' Questions About Recent Violence

By Jessica Guay, CBS Pittsburgh

April 5, 2022

Residents from Pittsburgh’s Brookline community shared their concerns about recent violence with city leaders, police and anti-violence groups.

The pain and frustration caused by violence were felt in Brookline on Monday night. City Councilman Anthony Coghill hosted a community conversation at Tree of Life Open Bible Church. It came after a deadly shooting in the community last Tuesday night that killed 29-year-old Devonte White.

Dozens of Brookline residents asked about the spike in shootings, unsolved homicide cases, response times and how to help.

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