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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." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.