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Cuyahoga County Council presents Gun Violence Awareness Day commendation; advocates press for prevention office action
Summary
At its May 27 meeting the council presented a commendation declaring June 6, 2025, Gun Violence Awareness Day, heard testimony from a Moms Demand Action volunteer who lost her son to gun violence, and received an update that a county Violence Prevention Office and administrator are being put in place this summer.
Cuyahoga County Council on May 27 presented a commendation declaring Friday, June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day and heard an emotional appeal from a volunteer whose son was killed in a 2022 shooting.
Bethany Rohrer, a volunteer with Moms Demand Action, told council members that her son, Lawrence Christopher Morgan, was shot and killed on June 21, 2022, near the family’s Parma home and urged the county to increase awareness and survivor support. "My name is Bethany Rohrer, and I am a childless mother," she said, recounting the loss and calling for community…
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