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Resident speaker urges council action after repeated neighborhood shootings
Canton City Council · March 16, 2026
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Summary
An aspiring social worker described a family's fear after multiple shootings near their home and asked Canton City Council what the city plans to do to help families living in constant fear; a council member asked the speaker to remain after the meeting to provide location details.
Lauren Dimatias, identifying herself as an aspiring social worker, told the Canton City Council that she was speaking for a local family living in constant fear after repeated shootings near their home.
"On March 15, there was yet another shooting... A stray bullet went through the home…
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