If there is anything that I could do to help please contact me. Bhrenda.

I swear to God you can't even go outside any more......

But u can attend the meetings to come up with a solution....there is going to be a stop the violence walk on Sat. Nov. 17 @7PM contact the PAL or Patch for more details...join town watch or volunteer to b a mentor or get other men together n b a presence on the streets of Norristown .... The time to act is NOW!!

Norristown police department ain't shit they waiting on their snatches to do their work that fuck them they don't care let the blacks kill the blacks less work they got to do

Sad Sad Sad This needs to stop.

The west end seems to be coming to an end, when guns become common place.

"The Agents of the Bureau of Investigation have been impressed with fact that the real problem in law enforcement is in trying to obtain the cooperation and sympathy of the public and that they cannot hope to get such cooperation until they themselves merit the respect of the public.."- J Edgar Hoover

To Miss Lewis. I will attend this meeting on Saturday. Stop the gun violence. CeaseFire.

Here we go again with the semi-automatic. You run around here with that damn gun and shoot people and think you gonna keep getting away with it but you are gonna get caught, with the gun and all. If they get the sorry ass detective they have from off the force maybe something can get done but when you have them sitting back not giving a damn about who's really doing it then that's a problem. They are too scared to get involved and they think its funny harrassing innocent people they know didn't do it just to make it seem like they solved something. You can't trust them especially with giving them info. Investigate them. You can't give criminals information about criminals.

WOW NORRISTOW IS A SCARY PLACE TO EVEN VISIT ANYMORE I LIVED THERE ALL MY LIFE IT NEVER WAS LIKE THIS I'M SO GLAD I MOVED AWAY GOD WILLING I'LL NEVER COME BACK I DO NOT WANT MY CHILDREN GROWING UP IN THE MIST OF ALL THIS STOP THE SHOOTING GOD HELP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taking walks throught the neighborhood doesn't help, speaking up is going to help. Its sad to watch these young one's sit out here and know who is doing what and say the person hurt or killed is a friend or a homey. How? You don't give a shit because you riding with the person who did it.

I grew up in Norristown and I can't remember it ever being as bad as it is getting now. I will be actively looking to move the safety of my children is at risk. Please please stop the violence.

@omg ur comment is rite im wit u and the police is bullshit they don't do shit all they doin is patrollin Marshall st i thawt it was other streets then that one and yeah its crazy u can't walk the streets without thinking the worst bout these lil assholes and it don't make it no better that the dudes in town letting these dickheads run these streets this s..t gotta stop, i have ideas but it wouldn't matter because it will never be used ijs real talk

how you know a whit person didnt do it

if they aint cooperating with police then its on them that aint snitchn shoot me im telln the cops and when i see you imma knock you off and prove it aint snitchn the problem today is ppl scared to be real strong so they do what they was taught gansta is but they not being gangstas they being groups of bitges all gangsta is is positive ppl here to stop the violence before it turns to death ex bloods crips blk panthers all positive groups but ppl go by the movies they watch BANGAHS no woman no children or you bee in the trap

The only thing the cops are doing on marshall st is protecting little mexico

oh and about the police aint shit comment they aint caring enough to cooperatr but how can you get mad at the cops for it thats like me asking for help but not helping you help me grow up in the real game not the you gamed

To clear my words up I said the sorry ass detectives they have on cases like these where you have shootings. How many shootings have ther been and unsloved? That's because the victim that was shot would be one of the people that that specific detective on the case does not like so guess what happens, nothing. They make statements like the suspect was given awards for doing it. Like I said you can't tell law enforcement criminals infromation about street criminals and expect a trusted conviction. What's sad is that you can't trust the one's that should be helping you and that is why everybody says nothing. Just sth.

Norristown has gone down hill, we have babies raising babies and kids having babies so other people can take care of them. I believe it is more then a black killing the black problem too. How are the cops supposed to be able to do their job efficiently if the two"victims" aren't cooperating? They won't learn until they are six feet under or laying in a nursing home in vegetative state. Shame on this city, it's worse then it ever has been...

Sniching bad, cops bad, criminals will protect. Its US!

Right and that's another problem how they just let them act like they know nothing. Then the Times Herald has "Two teens reportedly known to police for prior incidents were “shot in the buttocks” " but who cares they had priors with the police another shooting happened so because of that what the crime doesn't get solved. make their butts tell you or lock them up so they won't try retaliating. 18 and 16 not cooperating. Just like they force and threaten other people to tell stuff ????

"OLD DAYS solution" army or jail, or family move out. Army worked!

That's why I stays outta Norristown. It be crazy all up in there, wit them shootin like cowboys. Hell wit eat shit.

Evidentally people been reading the newspaper and yes a trial is going on because unless it happens to your family is when you will speak up. Concerned you have communit members standing up and like the statement made earlier have you read it. Ok the comment still stands as is. I don't do crime so I'm not worried about the time and I don't have to point fingers when its clearly visible. Are you a concerned cop??

@concerned, they caught him because a criminal who got caught up in another case snitched on him, im not saying its a bad thing he got caught but it took another criminil telling the cops who the killer was for them to catch the killer. Just sayng

The crazy part of it all is that everyone keeps saying f the police but as soon as something happens who do they call the police,,,Smh the no snatching ( snitching) go to school and get educated

I can't believe these comments I'm reading. The two kids that were shot are refusing to talk to the police and they know who shot them. Yet you sit there and type comments about the police have to rely on snitches?! Don't you see how crazy that is? Here's the truth. Many of you know who shot these kids, their names and where they live and why they were shot. News travels around the hood faster than anywhere else. Someone on Arch Street knows why someone got stabbed on Kohn street like 15 minutes after it happens. Everybody knows it's the truth. Nobody speaks up though. They are scared they'll be next, their family will be hurt, retaliation. The criminals know they're safe because nobody will speak up. So the crime continues. If for just one month straight, you would call the cops when you see dealers out, or tell the truth when the cops ask you about crimes, we could clean up this town. But it's all or nothing. It can't be half the town is in and half the town is out. Norristown can keep having meetings and rallies and all that stuff, but until people get serious and band together against the criminals, nothing is going to change. It sure as hell is not the cop's fault. Blame them all you want for being bad or lazy or racist or crooked, but they aren't selling the rock and pulling the trigger. If a community wants to change, the change has to come from the community.

everybody wanna be a thug cause they think women like a thug then they reach 25 and realize how dumb they looked all those yrs .But some fall victem to the streets and cant tell the end of there story .cause they didnt reach 25 its a shame been there done that but without a gun only reason i bought one is cause of knuckle head ass young bucks that want to rob ppl .point black period u aint taken shit from me i will shoot u over my hard earned money @ chief bono u want someone to snitch then have them testify in court then get murdered walken out of court .or something happens to there family .@ The ppl who know whos doing it yall bitch cause ya man just got shot and u too bitch to do anything about it jail is worse than getting shot play ur cards right

Cthu @ all they do is protect lil mexico! ....yo u c they don't mess with the mexicans! N these mofoers got mad shit cmn over here makin mad money! They got whorehouses all over town! But the po-pos don't bother them! Then u have these lil girls hvn babies unmarried....baby daddys ain't around then they just wna hang out not gvn their kid no attention then these kids grow up fucked most of the time then norristown has nuthin but the pal for the kids to do! When I was growin up we had skatin rink movie theatre. Shoppin district dwn main st the library was fun place.....arcades @ the mall...n a lot of the kids joined town football and other sports....cheerleading for the girls! Man norristown is gone n never coming back...I remember I knew all my neighbors n wasn't scared to walk around my town! Damn shame man!

@ milky I love ur last comment...so frickin true! Real shit there!

@ s nicolas I don't understand the end of ur last comment I was liking it until the end.....first u say in other words its not cool to snitch cuz of retaliation the u say the folks who know ain't doin shit like they better tell! Cmon man this ain't snitchin on who stole from macys...this is a shooting that cld hve killed two people! U shoot me n I live I'm telling the man who did it! Frick that! N if I retailiate I am just ruining my life my familys life n the the familys lives of who I shot n I wld hve to live with takin someones life for the rest of my life! Hell no!

Choice A. snich B. Criminal gangs/mob C. I like police choice D. Coward?

It's a real shame people put a racial slant on their comments. There are a multitude of contributing factors to these shootings.

1. Kids illegally obtaining handguns and settling scores by means of murder, having a total disregard for human life

2. Parents not giving a hoot what their kids are doing.

3. Drug sale terrority disputes.

4. Social status of the hood.

5. A deteriorating town.

6. Undermanned Police department in a highly tax burdened town.

7. Occasional home invasion and robbery

It really is time to be moving.! We can't no longer live this way with bullets flying around the West Side. there have been at least a half dozen shootings around here in last couple months. No one in there right mine wants to move here, so we are just getting hudlooms from Philly moving in. We live in fear and lock ourselves in the
house. Our life not to good here. Norristown a bad place!

The Police need to get more agressive with the individuals or groups who deal drugs. It is so obvious when driving down the street who is selling and buying. It can't be made easy for these dealers to do business in Norristown. Also, the gangs have to be broken down. These gangs taken on street names is ridiculous. A curfew needs to be strictly enforced. Our leaders are failing us and not keeping the town safe. May God have mercy on those of us who live in Norristown.

I cannot believe that grown ass men and women are on this website blaming the police for this failed town. Bad behavior begins and should end AT HOME! The problem is NOT the police, it's the lazy ass parents who don't want to be parents. If I knew that my son or daughter had information on a shooting in ANY neighborhood, I would drag their little ass down to the police station by their ear and beat their ass in front of the police if they refused to give up the info. PARENTS need to do their job. The police can't solve a crime if they themselves didn't witness the crime...duh! How the hell can they solve any crime when they have a neighborhood full of punks with no backbone. if I find out ANYTHING about this shooting, I'm on the first thing smokin to the Norristown police dept., I'm tellin everything!

We are doomed

That's right..."the cops ain't shit"...they're the ones who make these little shitbags run around the streets shooting eachother. Oh wait, it's probably the parents, or lack thereof who have no supervision or control of their kids. The cops can't be everywhere...maybe the little dirtballs should grow the hell up. These kids watch their parent doing this stuff & what else do they know!? They don't stand a chance!
How bout the CRIMINALS should be held accountable for THEIR actions & stop blaming the cops.
Js.

I love how most of the people leaving comments are completely uneducated and illiterate. These same people are contradicting themselves more than night and day. "dont snach", "speak up and do something"..I grew up believing I should never tell, but wait til it's your mother, father, brother, sister, or kid getting shot and killed. Or better yet when you're the one facing life in prison and you won't "snitch"..Then you can spend the rest of your life behind bars around a bunch of dudes(or women in a females case) away from your loved ones and you can pat yourself on the back because you "didnt snitch"..i spent a year of my life in a jail cell because I had that mentallity when I was 19, for a crime I didnt commit, but i'm "no snitch"..Time to grow up and be adults people...

@GetItTogether, well spoken.

@omg funny how on this post your screaming about people not stepping up and speaking out when on the post about a man being attacked you were saying that you wouldnt allow your child to speak out about it.....hmm speaks volumes

If people want to help themselves then they could send a letter and mail in the names of the perps. That way the cops get the tips and they dont have to tell their identity.