After playground shooting, Detroit teens take back their park with Unity in the Community

The Brief

  • Skinner Playfield was bustling with a summer day camp with hundreds of teens from the community.
  • The Detroit Unity in the Community event is part of the Sound Mind Sound Body camp.

DETROIT (FOX 2) Hundreds of students hit the field for a show of Unity in the Community – conducting the Sound Mind Sound Body Youth Camp at Skinner Playfield on Wednesday.

The backstory:

The big event comes just days after a drive-by shooting that killed 4-year-old Samir Grubbs as he was climbing onto the slide – while 18-year-old Daviyon Shelmonson Bey dove in front of the bullets to protect others. Now two people are under arrest.

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