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Police Say Violence Was Planned At Juneteenth Festival

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published June 18, 2013 at 6:44 AM EDT

Columbus police say they had no choice but to shut down the annual Juneteenth Festival early.Police officials say undercover officers had evidence the weekend shooting of an 11-year-old boy by a stray bullet was the beginning of a planned outbreak of violence at Franklin Park. Police officials say they ordered the event canceled on Sunday in order to keep people safe. A 15-year-old has been charged with shooting and wounding the boy.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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