Children struggle to cope after multiple shootings in their community

A makeshift memorial sits at the base of a street sign outside Mary's Bar and Grill in Chattanooga. A shooting near the Tennessee nightclub on June 5, led to three deaths and 14 people suffering gunshot wounds and other injuries, police said. Photo: AP

While Chattanooga police and local officials have called for a stop to the violence after the recent mass shootings in the city, local leaders held a roundtable discussion with students at Brainerd High School to hear what they had to say about the recent events.

“We care about you,” LaDarius Price, co-founder of the Lighthouse Collective, a community engagement programme in Chattanooga, Tennessee told the students. “We’re going to continue investing in you.” The programme focuses on mentoring young Black boys and men.