BALTIMORE, Md. (WPTA) – 21Alive News Senior Reporter Tom Powell is in Baltimore this week with a Fort Wayne group to get an up-close look at its Community Violence Intervention program.
Baltimore’s program has been in place for several years and has been credited with significantly reducing gun violence.
On Tuesday, the group spent time with outreach workers, known as violence interrupters, to see how they build trust in neighborhoods and work to prevent retaliation before it happens…