ROANOKE, Va. ( WFXR ) — The Roanoke Gun Violence Prevention Commission kicked off its “Planting Peace,” initiative on Saturday by planting six oak trees each at both Horton and Perry Parks.
The initiative honors lives lost to gun violence and each tree represents one unsolved murder case in hopes of bringing forward new information.
“Homicide is an unspeakable trauma and the fact that these unfortunately remain unsolved at this point is an added trauma,” said local pastor and GVPC co-chair Tim Harvey…