Family, Friends Requesting New Yorkers and National Media Attend
On Saturday, June 25, from 11:30am to 6pm, a rally will be held in the Fordham section of the Bronx at 2396 Valentine Avenue. The location is the site where Yvette Marie Torres was shot on June 12.
Torres, who was recently removed from a medically-induced coma, is still on life support. Doctors at New York Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital will continue to monitor her closely over the next 36 hours to see if there is any response or brain activity.
Family, friends and supporters will be on hand to hand out and post flyers. They will also be in attendance to urge the community to take a stand against gun violence and to ask people to come forward if they have any information that could lead to the capture of the alleged gunman.
"We need as many people as possible, including the national media, in order to completely blanket the area and make the world aware of what happened here," said Nelson Figueroa, who is helping set up the event.
"For those that may not be able to attend, we're asking that they spread the word, please. A teenage girl's life hangs in the balance."
5 comments:
You are the only blog that is covering this thus far. I am unable to attend this rally, but live in the neighborhood where this took place. I am going to definitely share this blog post with other like-minded individuals.
They already know who it is. Why are they still Looking? it was her friend that is like a brother to her he turned himself in. What is going on? Her family even knows why are the police wasting more time when the gunman turned himself in and now he is back on the streets! This is no joke stop looking you know who shot this young girl!
i hope it's ok, i went ahead and linked to this as well as your first post about this case. if that's not ok with you, i'll remove my links to your posts.
Numol, that is perfectly fine with me. On behalf of the Torres family, thank you so much for your assistance. You rock!! (Smiles)
Wow what a sad story.. That is reality, this young girl who was shot by her own friend, the seventeen year old turned himself in, who knows what he told them but he is free. This rally in my eyes should be youths against violence gun any type. You should always know your surroundings I always say. Know who your true friends are. Because this young girls was shot by her friend or so called brother. wooooww God bless today's youth we need more community centers to help keep these youths off the streets. Rah!!! God Bless you and your family honey.. You will raise and the truth should be told no matter what sweetie,he lives his life as if he has no regrets I know he can't sleep at night! You know who you are if you really care turn yourself in so your sister could have justice everyone that was there and lied you will have to answer to a higher power... God Bless our Youths
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