Four days after Orlando police said a dispute between two groups of kids left four juveniles with gunshot injuries, one critically hurt, mentors and teens came together. On Sunday, bullets tore through windows at Sister Soul Food, one flying just inches above a woman’s head. By Thursday, youth leaders and teens gathered at the Downtown Rec Complex, also known as “The Yard,” to talk openly about what happened and what comes next.Raysean Brown with Crime Violence Intervention works with teens identified as the most at-risk of committing gun violence and said, “One shooting is not going to run us out of the community, it’s not going to stop me from trying to change lives. One shooting’s not going to stop me from supporting lives.”Brown has been with the program since it started in 2022 and said the cognitive behavioral therapy has been key. He also said having a consistent loving adult around for the teens has made a difference.”A lot of people feel like they don’t have anyone to disappoint,” Brown shared. Along with CVI were members with Kidz Zone, the Yard, My Brother’s Keeper and Commissioner Shan Rose. For 18-year-old Alizay Stinson, that group changed his life. He was arrested for bringing a firearm onto campus and started spending time at the Yard. “They helped me stay out and stay free, and on the right track,” Stinson smiled. But he knows other teens in his community aren’t as lucky. When asked about the shooting on Sunday and how he felt, Stinson responded, “Unfortunately, I feel the same. Gunshots and stuff, it’s not supposed to be normal. But it is normal. It’s just the fact other people around who aren’t a part of it, they can end up getting hurt, too.”City Commissioner Shan Rose, who represents the area, said they opened counseling for the community on Monday, including for restaurant staff who were caught in the middle of the gunfire. “Our goal is to keep talking to these kids,” Rose said. “Let them know we love and care about them.”Orlando police have not made any arrests in Sunday’s shooting.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

Four days after Orlando police said a dispute between two groups of kids left four juveniles with gunshot injuries, one critically hurt, mentors and teens came together.

On Sunday, bullets tore through windows at Sister Soul Food, one flying just inches above a woman’s head. By Thursday, youth leaders and teens gathered at the Downtown Rec Complex, also known as “The Yard,” to talk openly about what happened and what comes next.

Raysean Brown with Crime Violence Intervention works with teens identified as the most at-risk of committing gun violence and said, “One shooting is not going to run us out of the community, it’s not going to stop me from trying to change lives. One shooting’s not going to stop me from supporting lives.”

Brown has been with the program since it started in 2022 and said the cognitive behavioral therapy has been key. He also said having a consistent loving adult around for the teens has made a difference.

“A lot of people feel like they don’t have anyone to disappoint,” Brown shared.

Along with CVI were members with Kidz Zone, the Yard, My Brother’s Keeper and Commissioner Shan Rose.

For 18-year-old Alizay Stinson, that group changed his life. He was arrested for bringing a firearm onto campus and started spending time at the Yard.

“They helped me stay out and stay free, and on the right track,” Stinson smiled.

But he knows other teens in his community aren’t as lucky. When asked about the shooting on Sunday and how he felt, Stinson responded, “Unfortunately, I feel the same. Gunshots and stuff, it’s not supposed to be normal. But it is normal. It’s just the fact [that] other people around who aren’t a part of it, they can end up getting hurt, too.”

City Commissioner Shan Rose, who represents the area, said they opened counseling for the community on Monday, including for restaurant staff who were caught in the middle of the gunfire.

“Our goal is to keep talking to these kids,” Rose said. “Let them know we love and care about them.”

Orlando police have not made any arrests in Sunday’s shooting.