Gun violence. Again, it's the guns.

“This is a sad situation,” said Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis. “It feels like a broken record sometimes, continuing to talk about the same story.”

Just a half-hour into the new year a 19-year-old young man was shot in the leg near the Brookdale Apartment complex in Albemarle County, which was followed by reported shootings near Stribling Avenue (January 12) and Amtrak parking lots on West Main (January 18) that resulted in no reported injuries. However, Jahaanz Wilson, 22, became the year’s first casualty on January 26, dying in the hospital after being shot in the Water Street Parking Lot at around 3:00 am.

“This is a sad situation,” Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis told WINA's Jay James after Willson’s death. “It feels like a broken record sometimes, continuing to talk about the same story.” Kochis said that “we know that there were a lot of individuals that witnessed this” and urged them to come forward with information. He also talked about gun violence involving young people. “We see this all the time. We need to get our arms around that at every level within the criminal justice system, not just law enforcement…