Nearly two years ago, an unarmed 17-year-old Black teenager — who was walking back to his father’s house after buying a snack at the local 7-Eleven — was followed and, despite police instructions against it, eventually accosted by an armed 26-year-old local neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the teen dead 70 yards from his house. The incident
Sanford Police Chief: Neighborhood Watch Volunteers Don’t Need Guns
The town’s police chief urges neighborhood watch volunteers not to carry guns.