SPARTANBURG, S.C. —

Following a trend of shootings, members of the Spartanburg community came together to talk about solutions.

Angelia Edwards with the Spartanburg Stop the Violence Coalition says young people dying from gun violence is an unfortunate trend in Spartanburg. Latest Forecast

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"Immediately after the 17-year-old shooting, we had the 15-year-old shooting. Then immediately after that, we had a seven-month-old," she says.

"They have animosity and hatred towards their neighboring, their peers, and that was leading to a lot of the violence. And they're also coming from areas like we spoke of, that's just, poverty-driven and lack resources," explains Contessa Thompson with the coalition.

On Wednesday the coalition hosted a

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