Store Owner's Fatal Shooting Sparks Anti-Violence Facebook Page

POSTED: 2:50 pm EST January 4, 2012

BELLE GLADE, Fla. -- The fatal shooting of Jimmy McMillan is hitting too close to home for long-time Glades residents who are mounting a Facebook campaign to stop the violence.Sherrie Delanie grew up in Belle Glade. When the 41-year-old teacher heard about popular grocery store owner Jimmy McMillan's death Monday, she promptly went online and started a Facebook page titled "Taking Back Belle Glade." Delanie said before the robbery of McMillan's Alabama Georgia Grocery store Monday, most crime in the city was gang-related and targeted toward criminals. But McMillan's killing, that of an innocent businessman who was handing over the money to the gunman, has sparked a wave of fear and outrage."I love this town. I don't want to be scared into having to move," Delanie told WPBF 25 News. "It makes me cry to even think of it. We've got to be proactive, not reactive."The Facebook page lists phone numbers of Gov. Rick Scott, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, county Commissioner Jess Santamaria and all of the city's commissioners, exhorting residents to call and demand action."We have received an enormous amount of reaction from the Glades community about this," Cpl. James Stormes said. "We are utilizing many more resources than our contract calls for right now in sending people out to the Glades to solve this crime."

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