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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Halloween Safe Night Out, an lawsuit that was hosted by Fresno EOC Local Conservation Corps and West Fresno Resource Center drew a assemblage of much than 3,000 radical connected Halloween day.
"Last year, we had astir 3,500 radical that were present astatine the lawsuit and expecting this twelvemonth adjacent the aforesaid it really increases each year," said Shawn Riggins, Fresno EOC Director. "We're amazed however overmuch it increases."
Riggins said the extremity was to make a harmless lawsuit for children and families successful the neighborhood.
"There is simply a haunted location astatine the Haunted Walk," helium said. "We're mounting retired for the selfie presumption present crossed the street."
Halloween Safe Night Out was started aft a young miss by the sanction of Kayla Foster was murdered nearby.
Riggins said they wanted to find a mode to bring the assemblage unneurotic successful a harmless mode for families.
"Unfortunately, determination was a execution of a young woman close down our gathering successful those apartments," helium said. "So for astir a month, we had assemblage listening sessions here, trying to find retired however we could marque southwest Fresno a safer community."
The lawsuit went from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and had a costume contest, unrecorded euphony and a haunted house.
