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Coverage of recent gang violence in Corpus Christi

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How you can learn more Learn more about some of the groups working to stop juvenile gang violence: Youth Alive, Oakland, Calif. - www.youthalive.org Barrios Unidos, Oakland, Calif. - www.barriosunidos.com Youth Crime Watch of America, Miami, Fla. - www.ycwa.org Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. - www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR

Following the gang-related shooting deaths of Robert Lopez and Alma Bazan, as well as the assertion by police that gang activity won't let up during the summer months, the issue of gang violence has returned to the forefront of the community's attention. Compiled here is Caller.com's coverage of these events and the community's feedback on the issue.

• Police tell schools of gang signs

• Gang plotted deadly revenge

• Women's coalition will work with area police to battle gangs

• On Belton St., Night Out has special meaning

• JET officers comb city in hopes of preventing more gang violence

• Warrant issued in Reynosa St. deaths

• Former gang members: Teamwork is key

• Community-based programs may be answer to violence

• Father pleads for justice

• Man turns in his son in killings

• Warrants issued in shooting

• 'Lord, I don't know why you permit this violence'

• Citizens confront officials

• Police checking leads in fatal shooting

• Officials assure neighborhood

• Phone system warned residents as police searched area

• Police need witnesses to shooting

• City's gang violence fluctuates in summer

• 'I felt like my heart had been torn out'

• Gang turf war claims 2 lives

• Police say 2 dead in neighborhood shooting

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