Cape Girardeau’s Gun Violence Task Force presents to City Council

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A meeting held on Tuesday evening and Cape Girardeau City Hall to as a presentation was held to present the issues of gun violence to city council members. 

A group that was formed over the past summer coming together to have a final presentation to inform the city council members the statistics of gun violence in the area just the past few months. 

An arrest was made last week with shots being fired at an Apartment Complex in Cape. Now there is an app helping police spot shots fired in the Cape Girardeau area. 

Cape Girardeau citizens joining the city hall meeting to hear what the Gun Violence Task Force has to help stop these numbers of increasing. 

“A child of any age can carry a gun down the street without any supervision. That is legal in the state of Missouri now the question is does that bother us,” Adam Kidd.

Adam Kidd and Jessica Hill are the two Co-Chairs of the Task Force who gave the presentation. 

In their presentation it shows what has happened just the past few months targeting: police, court, prosecution, juveniles, schools, nuisance, rental, and nonprofits in the area. 

People clutching their papers to hear the concerns and resolutions the presenters have for the Cape community. People know by pointing out the problem, presenting it, and coming together for solutions, they can keep Cape safe. 

Stacy Kinder, the Mayor of Cape Girardeau, has been meeting with the Gun Violence Task Force as well as city leaders since the summer. 

“I got a lot of good recommendations and thoughts on what could possibly be contributing to some of the violence, and what might be possible solutions. That was the purpose of the whole committee. to really, really just start this is a first step. this committee, we’ve never really pulled together a group like this in the city before,” said Kinder.

Mayor Kinder explains that they have been trying to increase funding for the police of Cape to keep their city safe.

Kinder says this presentation is only the start. 

“Been a lot of time spent, but quite frankly, it’s just been scratching the surface,” said Kinder.

The City Council did not vote on anything as this presentation was to spread awareness to the members and higher officials of Cape Girardeau the recent acts of gun violence that’s been happening in their city.