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Resident speaker urges council action after repeated neighborhood shootings
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 directly behind theirs," Dimatias said, describing children sleeping together in the living room because bedrooms have exterior walls and recounting the emotional toll on the family.
Dimatias said the family is deeply rooted in Canton, cannot afford to move, and asked the council, "What is the city's plan to help families who are living in this kind of fear?"
Member Morris asked Dimatias to remain after the meeting to provide more precise location details. No staff presentation or formal council directive responding to the request was recorded in the meeting transcript.
The comment was made during the rule-18 public-comment portion of the March 9 meeting; the council did not record a follow-up action on the floor during that session. City public-safety staff or council offices may follow up separately based on the speaker's offer to provide location information.
