NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Brazilian steakhouse has closed its doorways in downtown Norfolk and an e mail suggests latest violence could possibly be in charge.
This is the primary weekend additional eyes shall be on residents and guests in downtown Norfolk.
Six new transportable cameras have been arrange on Granby Street in hopes of accelerating safety in the world.
The cameras have been put in earlier this week following a number of cases of violence downtown. One of these, a capturing on March 19, injured three folks and left two others useless exterior a nightclub. As far as we all know, no video of the crime exists.
A metropolis spokesperson mentioned the cellular cameras are being rented for $1,300 a month and they are going to be monitored by Norfolk police. The metropolis supervisor calls them a “force multiplier.”
On Friday, 10 On Your Side spoke with companies and prospects alike — lots of whom mentioned they approve of the cameras.
However, the brand new safety characteristic serving to officers monitor the streets could have come too late for one restaurant.
Texas de Brazil — the Brazilian steakhouse on the MacArthur Center — has a web site and voicemail that say the situation is briefly closed. It’s additionally been eliminated fully from MacArthur Center’s web site
A reservation cancellation e mail obtained by 10 On Your Side, nevertheless, additional explains the obvious closure, saying “We can no longer operate at the current location due to recent incidents, as the safety of our staff and our guests is our number one priority.”
While 10 On Your Side has not been in a position to affirm with the restaurant the authenticity of that e mail, the news follows one other violent incident — a deadly capturing — that occurred contained in the MacArthur Center not removed from the restaurant on April 2.
On Friday, Councilwoman Courtney Doyle, who represents the world, mentioned she didn’t hear in regards to the restaurant’s transfer till it was reported by one other media outlet on Thursday.
But, she not too long ago advised her fellow council members safety has improved vastly in the final month.
“I really want to commend the police force especially, because I know they have stepped up, not just on Granby but I know we have needs in other parts of the city. But I just want to say thank you because the enhanced police presence and all the other actions you’ve taken think are really making a difference and we need to continue to press hard on this,” Doyle mentioned.
Doyle says it’s unhappy that it took a number of deaths for these modifications to occur.
One of these modifications additionally contains elevated enforcement at nightclubs downtown.
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