BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two Gainesville Police Department (GPD) Captains were disciplined after an investigation into their actions before and during an Easter Sunday event at T.B. McPherson Park that ended in the shooting death of a young woman and injuries to two others from gunshots. The investigation initially recommended that Captain Victoria Young be dismissed, but that was later changed to a demotion; Captain Summer Hallett’s recommended five-day suspension was reduced to a three-day suspension after review.
The investigation began on April 21, a few days before then-City Manager Cynthia Curry stated at a City Commission meeting that she would have denied a permit for the event if she’d known about it and had “every intention of addressing some disciplinary issues in this.”…