After Conway was rocked by the murders of two young people just 10 days and one block apart, Mayor Barbara Jo Blain and Police Chief Dale Long said the city doesn’t believe that fatal shootings are connected, though both investigations remain ongoing.
In a video addressing the gun violence shared to Facebook, Blain said Conway is using every resource it has to stop the violence.
“We’re putting out cameras, license plate readers, acoustical detectors that detect and give us early warnings on gun shots,” Long said. “We are using every asset that we have at our disposal to try to bring security and safety to the area.”
Addressing gun violence
In a news conference addressing the fatal shootings, NAACP Conway chapter President Rev. Dr. Kenneth Floyd called for actionable steps in reducing gun violence in the community…