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Residents arrive en masse to show their support for the Take Back the Park rally Sunday afternoon in Boitanio Park. The rally comes after several high-profile violent crimes in the lakecity, including last week’s shooting death of a 20-year-old man.
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Angie Mindus Staff Writer Hundreds of people let their presence be known at the Take Back the Park rally in Boitanio Park Sunday afternoon. The peaceful gathering saw children playing in the bike and skateboard parks while parents picked up garbage and listened to
political speeches and live music on the main stage. The scene was a far cry from how the notorious park has been used in recent months, where several violent crimes have been committed, including the gunpoint robbery of a 14-year-old teen for his BMX bike — which was the catalyst for the event, the second of its kind in the last month.
Planning for the Take Back the Park rally was in full swing before Williams Lake logged its first gang-related death of the year Wednesday evening, March 30, with the death of 20-year-old Indi Johnny. Johnny died in hospital following a disturbance at a Second Avenue residence where gunshots were fired.
Police said the incident was targeted and gang-related. “We have to let the criminals know the community is not going to sit back and let this happen and the only way we can do that is to stay involved,” Mayor Walt Cobb said following his speech Sunday. See LEADERS Page A3
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