'Army of Peace' marches in King City

About 30 members, led by Mohorko, gathered at San Antonio Park in King City ready to hand out the Peace Now fliers. The piece of paper includes a phone number for residents to call if they need counseling and support. The fliers are being distributed to ease tension and get more residents involved in reporting crime, Mohorko said.

Since the year began, King City has seen four shootings, two of them fatal. No arrests have been made in any of them. For lifelong King City resident Frank Valladarez, 40, becoming a Peacemaker — as the group's members are called — is his own way of taking his community back. "We know police are understaffed, so if this is what it takes then so be it," he said. "I want to make a difference to stop these senseless killings over a piece of land that doesn't belong to anyone or over some color."

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Posted by Jeanette Pantoja