LIMA (WLIO) - The Lima Area Black Ministerial Alliance hosted a public "Gun Violence Forum" Wednesday night at the Lima Public Library auditorium.
Members of the group and other local leaders shared ideas with Lima residents about the ongoing problem of gun violence in the city.
Among those community leaders on hand was President of the alliance, Dr. Pastor Arthur Butler and Vice President, Pastor Cleven Jones along with Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith.
They came together to introduce a new task force designed to prevent illegal gun use, while finding ways to support the young people of Lima.
President of LABMA Dr. Pastor Arthur Butler added, "We do a lot of things behind closed doors before we bring it to the public because we want to be for sure that what we are doing can be an impact on this community. We want to see this community come together, work together, do some things together, and stop this gun violence."
Lima isn't alone, more than 40,000 people have been killed by gun violence nationwide this year.
