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Atlantic City, Pleasantville grapple with how to stop deadly violence trend

Michael Ein

COUNTY VIOLENCE

Candles burn Friday in memory of Taron Williams, 19, and Todd Mitchell, 13, at the Woodland Avenue, Pleasantville, home where they were fatally shot Wednesday.

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Michael Ein

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Curtis Dillard, of Pleasantville, who worries about his 11-year-old son: 'When you are in the group, as a child, your only goal is to try to fit in. They are just kids. They are only 11 years old, and their brains only go out so far.'

Michael Ein

COUNTY VIOLENCE

Jan Habash, manager of Ceder Market, Pleasantville, who grew up in Jordan: 'It’s getting worse and worse. Every day is something new. The way we grew up in my country, we were not allowed on the street. I don’t want that for my children.'

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