The city of Cincinnati is grappling with a surge of emotions and demands for heightened park safety after the fatal shootings of two 11-year-old children at the same playground, two years apart. Isaac Davis confronted Cincinnati City Council earlier this week, demanding more decisive action following the death of QueenEr’Re Reed on New Year’s Day at Laurel Playground. In 2022, Davis’s own son, Domonic, was also killed at the same location, prompting Davis to advocate for increased security measures. “Do you really care? I don’t think you do,” Davis told council members in a statement obtained by FOX19. “Because if you did, it wouldn’t of taken another kid to get killed in a private park where kids play.”
Amidst growing public outcry, the Cincinnati City Council had already set aside funding for security cameras and lights at the park in September, nearly two years after Dominic Davis’s death. City Manager Sheryl Long confirmed the installation of six cameras thus far, with six additional ones planned for the next month, as reported by FOX19. A larger camera and light fixture were also added just days after Reed’s death, a move Davis described as “a huge blow to the family, a big slap in the face.”
Chere Williams, the mother of the recently slain QueenEr’Re Reed, echoed Davis’s frustrations in questions posed to city officials about the delays in implementing safety improvements. As per her interview with WLWT, Williams demanded to know where the promised cameras were, emphasizing the need for them “to be placed there for all these children to be able to have fun, without having to worry about being shot and killed.” Both families are united in demanding accountability and swift action to ensure no other family experiences similar tragedies…