RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) - April 30th, 2024.

A shooting at Augusta's Cedarwood Apartments leaves fourteen year old Anthony Harrison dead.

His accused killer: Darryaun Tanksley, age 15.

District Attorney Jared Williams said, "I remember very much going to that young man's funeral and being so frustrated that we focus our resources on the response to these crimes. Why don't we do more to stop it from ever happening in the first place?"

The problem of youth violence isn't new.

Here's Rev. Dr Larry Fryer speaking at the Georgia legislature in 2014.

"Our children are fighting each other, they're fighting us, they are dying at our feet."

Mary Morrison asked, "Do you think anything has changed in eleven years?"

Dr. Fryer said, "No matter of fact it has worsened since the time I did thi

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