Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman plans to attend police roll call at Northeast Precinct this afternoon, to talk with police and gang outreach workers about this morning’s shooting at the KC Food Market on North Killingsworth:

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FOOD MART: SCENE OF THIS MORNING’S SHOOTING

Cops arrived on the scene at 10:50 this morning to discover that a 21-year-old shooting victim had already been taken to the hospital by the people he knew. Police say the victim is at an area hospital recovering from multiple gunshot wounds.

It’s been a month since Saltzman launched an aggressive outreach operation after seven shootings in a week.

“It’s a shooting that has the potential for more gang violence,” says Saltzman. “Especially when it appears uncertain if the victim is going to live.”

“I am always saddened when a young person is shot for reasons I can’t identify with at all,” Saltzman continues. “Our goal, right now, is that we don’t let it grow.”

Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.

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