Community watch event scheduled for Hickory Trails apartments

Greensboro City Council at-large candidate Ryan Shell tells me a community watch awareness event has been scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Hickory Trails apartment complex. Shell, who is organizing the event with District 1 candidate Ben Holder, said he is contributing $50 for food. The Greensboro Police Department has promised to send representatives.

The News & Record reports that 16-year-old Breyon Shon Deese was killed between two sections the apartment complex on Tuesday. Candidate Holder noted that, unlike other residents, Hickory Trails residents did not have the opportunity to attend a National Night Out event last night. Hickory Trails is located at 4214 Bernau Ave.

UPDATE, Aug. 6, 6:28 p.m.: I went looking for the community watch awareness event at Hickory Trails apartment complex and bumped into Officer A. Moos of the GPD. Moos told me the event fell through the cracks because there wasn't adequate time to plan for it.

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