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After the Maplewood mass shooting

Three men sit at a table in a radio talk studio: the man on the left has long brown hair and a beard and is wearing a white t-shirt; the man in the center has a dark beard and is wearing a blue baseball cap with a white Yankees logo and a grey long sleeved fleece; the man on the right has short dark hair and is wearing a long sleeved blue button down shirt, light khaki pants and sneakers.
Julie Williams
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WXXI News
Clayton Lyons and Justin Morris on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, August 1, 2024

The Rochester community is still reeling from a mass shooting over the weekend at Maplewood Park.

Police are working to identify one or more suspects who they say fired shots at a party in the park. Two women have died and five other people are injured.

Where do we go from here? We talk to anti-gun violence activist Justin Morris about how to help the community heal.

In studio:

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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.