The empty playgrounds on beautiful spring days symbolized the currents of fear rippling through west Las Vegas neighborhoods in 2006. Parents were afraid to let their children outside.
Metro Police described the area as decaying and riddled with an “incredible” amount of gang violence. In a short span, stray bullets killed three innocent bystanders — a 12-year-old, a mother and another woman — during all-too-common drive-by shootings.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/20/safe-village-program-honored-nationally/
