Tuesday night, lots of people of all ages helped provide a little more security for a Hampton neighborhood while also shining a light on the recent gun violence in Hampton Roads.
“I think it’s wonderful,” Kimberly Prince told News 3. “We just want to make sure our close-knit family, nothing happens to none of them.”
Prince and her husband, William, have lived on Smith Street in Hampton for about two years.
“We’re like family around here,” Prince said of her neighbors.
Lately, they’ve been keeping tabs on the recent gun violence throughout Hampton Roads.
“It makes us feel like we have work to do,” Cortez Higgs with the Catalyst Community Care and Action Team said.
Tuesday, Higgs and his group brought a little light to Prince’s neighborhood. They installed solar-powered lights at about a dozen homes, including hers.
“When it’s dark, nobody can see anything,” Prince said.
The lights are a result of their own money and help from churches and others.
They will steal the lights…