TOLEDO DAY SHOOTING

A SHOOTING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN CENTRAL TOLEDO LEAVES A TEENAGER IN THE HOSPITAL AND A COMMUNITY HOPING FOR CHANGE. 
A 19-YEAR-OLD MALE IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER BEING SHOT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN CENTRAL TOLEDO. THIS HAPPENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BANCROFT AND ISHERWOOD JUST AFTER NOON YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING A LOCAL MAN WHO GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SPEAKING OUT. KENNETH PARKER JUNIOR SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS HOW EASY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES CAN IMPACT SOMEONE'S DECISION TO COMMIT A CRIME. HE SAYS THE FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY ALWAYS FALLS ON THE PERSON WHO PULLS THE TRIGGER, BUT HE WANTS THEM TO KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION.