Cedar Rapids city officials joined members of the NAACP, school district, pastors and other local program leaders to call for a halt to gun violence Monday after a deadly weekend.

"What happens to me will happen to you, it's just a matter of time," said Shelby Humbles Jr., a retired businessman who is heavily involved in the community. "One of the things I never had to worry about when I was growing up was having a job in the summer."

Humbles Jr. said local business and government leaders need to come together to make sure there is enough opportunity for young people to find work in the community.

Others called for increased education in schools about the impacts and consequences that guns have in the community.

The gathering of leaders came after two people died in gun related incidents over the weekend. On Friday police responded to a home at 1424 Bever Ave. SE around 5:45 p.m. where they found Senquez Jackson, 15, suffering from a gunshot wound. Jackson died Saturday night at an area hospital. Police Chief Wayne Jerman said the investigation into the shooting continues, but that it doesn't appear to be the result of an intentional assault.

On Saturday police responded to a deadly shooting in the 1100 block of Maplewood Drive NE shortly before 10 p.m. Kenyauta Keith, 16, has since been charged with the first degree murder of 21-year-old Brandon Johnson. Keith also faces an attempted murder charge in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy who is expected to survive.

Maurisa Clark, a member of the NAACP and the Cedar Rapids Youth Council President said kids in the community are often bored and don't have enough to do. Clark said arguments that begin on social media often spill over into violence.

Police Chief Wayne Jerman said his officers takes more than 100 illegally possessed guns off the street annually, but that more can be done with the help of parents and community leaders.

Other members of the group stressed that gun violence is a problem for the entire city of Cedar Rapids and the entire community needs to come together as gun violence impacts everyone.