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(AVONDALE, OH) -- A local group marched against violence in Avondale to take back their streets on Tuesday at the same spot where on Sunday, a teenager was murdered outside a youth football game that was played to promote safety.
As FOX19's Chris Shaw reports, for many, that murder was a breaking point.
While pounding the pavement, they hoped to pound a message into this neighborhood.
"It was the last straw. And enough is enough. How much more blood has to be shed before somebody realizes, that any life...no matter what this child did, any life is worth it."
That outrage over this broad day light murder Sunday, where 19-year-old Earnest Crear was shot two times over what police say had been an on-going argument, exploded in this loud several block march.
"We hope that everyone will begin to speak a moral voice, citywide, to stop the killing...that we're better than that and we have hope and value still within our city."
Organized by Ceasefire Cincinnati, an outreach group fighting violence in Avondale for the last year, leaders say it was their biggest and most emotional march.
And it was led by Crear's family.
"I'm sorry it took this, to kind of bring it together and bring this part of avondale down. But, whatever it takes."
Nearly 200 people marched past front porches and Little League games, hoping their presence will prolong the time before the next shooting.
This march is just one facet of what Ceasefire does. One leader says the biggest success in their first year was getting guns off the streets.
Crear's killer is still on the loose.
