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Council member urges trauma services after Eden Park youth‑game shooting
Summary
Councilman Jay Street urged county and city leaders to provide victim services and trauma supports to children after a shooting at Eden Park during a youth football game; he said teams from nearby Dunley were involved and asked the mayor to coordinate services with police victim‑services personnel.
Councilman Jay Street used the meeting’s "other" section on Sept. 23 to call for trauma services after a shooting at Eden Park over the weekend that killed a parent during a youth football game.
"The travesty that happened at Eden Park on Sunday afternoon where somebody shot and killed a parent who was there watching football game his child was in," Street said, describing the victims as children 10 and under. He said he called the mayor and asked for a meeting and victim‑services support: "I asked the mayor to consider ... to get those children 10 and under some services, and he's gonna have the chief of police there with his victim services personnel."
Street stressed the incident crosses municipal boundaries: one team he named practices and plays in Dunley, so he framed the response as a regional concern. "So it's it's not just the city. It's, in my opinion, all of us," he said, and urged officials to provide help to children who witnessed or were affected by the violence.
Council President Monique Williams Johns responded that public‑safety and trauma needs transcend jurisdictional lines and thanked Street for raising the matter. No formal county action or vote was recorded in the meeting on this subject; Street said he would continue to press for coordinated services.
The committee adjourned shortly after the remarks.
