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Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
Anti-gun violence demontratiors march in Pasadena: “We Need This to Stop”. June 4, 2022. [Photo by Paul Takizawa]
The family of Pasadena gunshot victim Ernesto Ramos Jimenez joined scores of anti-gun violence protestors Saturday in a Pasadena march decrying the shootings which plague American campuses and communities and promoting agendas working towards solutions.
Jimenez’s sister Jessica Validiva said victims’ families “are tired” of the violence.
“We need this to stop,” she said as she marched with her mother.
The 27-year-old Jimenez was shot and killed on Nov. 13, 2020 as he walked along the sidewalk on Parke Street, between Marengo and Garfield Avenues, laws enforcement officials said at the time. Jimenez was well-known and well-liked in his community and had no ties to gangs, Validiva said then. Due to a developmental disability, she likened his mind to that of a 12- or 13-year-old child.
Saturday’s march took place on the heels of “National Gun Violence Awareness Day,” as Friday was designated by the City of Pasadena. It comes as the nation mourns the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school and a gun attack at a Tulsa, Oklahoma medical center.
It was organized by Moms Demand Action Leaders Cindy Montoya and Laura Abassi, who collaborated with Validiva.
Montoya urged for government action amid the recent mass shooting.
“We’re all feeling that enough is enough. And also we have had enough of the thoughts and prayers by our politicians. They aren’t doing anything for us right now. And the thoughts and prayers are not doing anything without any action.”
“We deserve to feel safe in school, at the grocery store, at our place of work, in our neighborhood, no matter our race, our immigration status or our zip code,” said Montoya, who is a gun violence survivor.
Pasadena Police Special Services Lieutenant Marcia Taglioretti said in 2021, Pasadena recorded 73 acts of gun violence in which victims were either killed, shot, shot at, or in which gunfire occurred.
Pasadena police also recovered 344 guns from the community in the same year. Of the total, 13% or 46 guns were identified as “ghost guns” — unserialized and untraceable firearms.
Taglioretti said from January to June 1, 2022, 24 shootings were recorded in Pasadena. There were 26 shootings recorded from January to May 2021.
This year, two gun-related homicides have been recorded so far, according to Taglioretti.
Taglioretti said the Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit has partnered with the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Firearms to combat gun violence in the community.
The enforcement arm is utilizing records to locate persons who are prohibited from possessing firearms in the community.
According to Taglioretti, in one week, the partnership removed 114 firearms from communities around Los Angeles, including nine weapons, ammunition and high-capacity magazines from Pasadena.
Taglioretti said future collaboration is developing to ensure the safety of community members and eliminate future crimes of violence.
Pasadena Police Department representatives are scheduled to present to the Public Safety Committee an informational piece on Criminal Storage of Weapons and a Ghost Gun Ordinance on June 22.
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