Gun violence shocked a Savannah neighborhood. Blame, conversations followed

Dr. Amir Toure (center) speaks to the approximately 30 people gathered at the Cann Park/Jackson Neighborhood Association meeting to discuss recent gun violence and potential solutions. "It was the people of Cann Park/Jackson Park who said we cannot let this go on." (Jake Shore/The Current)

Update: After publication of the story, Chatham County Coroner David Campbell responded to The Current’s requests for information. Campbell provided the identity of the teenager killed in a shooting. The story was updated on July 25 at 4:30 p.m. to reflect that.

It took a 16-year-old’s death in Jackson Park to bring Savannah’s police chief to the neighborhood association meeting. 

Two shootings over three days in July — one that killed the teenager — alarmed longtime residents in midtown’s historic Black neighborhoods of Cann Park and Jackson Park