After almost 275 people shot in Durham so far this year, a group of activists joined their voices on Saturday with the goal of joining minds and forces toward change.
START SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THANKSGIVING GATHERINGS UNTIL THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF DECEMBER. >>> DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN DURHAM THIS EVENING TO PROTEST GUN VIOLENCE. SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 800 SHOOTINGS IN THE BULL CITY ALONE. # HUNDRED SHOOTINGS. LET THAT SINK IN. WRAL'S AARON THOMAS JOINS US OUTSIDE DURHAM POLICE HEADQUARTERS. MANY OF THOSE GATHERED TODAY, WE ARE LEARNING, HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO GUN VIOLENCE. >> Reporter: YES, SAD BUT TRUE, JULIAN AND A LOT OF THEM ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE GATHER HERE IN FRONT OF DURHAM POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MANY OF THEM CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR THOSE WOULD HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO GUN VIOLENCE HOPEFULLY GETTING THE ATTENTION OF LOCAL OFFICIALS TO STOP IT. LOOKING APEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LOSE A LOVED ONE TO VIOLENCE. >> WE WANT IT TURN OUR PAIN INTO PURPOSE. >> HER SON WAS KIDNAPPED TWO YEARS AGO. SHE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. >> WE'LL FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLESTON IF IT IS LAST THING I DO BEFORE I LEAVE THIS WORLD. >> Reporter: SHE MARCHED ALONGSIDE OTHER DURHAM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. DEMONSTRATORS SAY GUN VIOLENCE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. >> HE JUST WANT TO SEE CHANGE. WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE AND ABLE TO FEEL TREE TO COME OUTSIDE OR FEEL FREE TO LEAVE YOUR DOOR UNLOCKED OAR WALK TO YOUR CAR. >> Reporter: THEY ARE CALLING TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND MAYOR TO TAKE ACTION OUTSIDE THEIR OFFICES. OF THE MORE THAN 800 SHOOTING THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE JUST THIS YEAR HERE IN DURHAM, MORE THAN 256 THOSE HAVE BEEN FATAL. MANY OF THE DEMONSTRATORS SAY THEY WANT THE LOCAL OFFICIALS TO JOIN THEM AND STAND AGAINST GUN VIOLENT. THEY TELL ME THEY PLAN TO BE OUT HERE EVERY SATURDAY PROTESTING. >> IT WAS JUST THIS WEEK AT DURHAM COUNCIL BEING CALLED THE
