Jason Pedro said the violence won't stop him and his daughter from going trick-or-treating throughout the neighborhood.

"We'll go to a couple relatives' neighborhoods here on the East Side, we like to hit those. I have a 10-year-old daughter, I plan on being with her and then we'll stop at a couple of the rec centers to see what's going on there also," he said.

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There are a lot of people heading out with their kids, but that doesn't mean there isn't concern. On the East Saint Paul Facebook page, a number of people were willing to either keep their kids inside or go outside the neighborhood to trick-or-treat.

Henry Ramos said he's noticed less kids knocking on the door.

"Over the past few years, I've seen a decline in the amount of trick-or-treaters we've been getting," he said.

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Pedro said he won't let the criminals take away his daughter's fun.

"We'll all show unity together and show that this violence is not going to scare us and put us in the house on Halloween," he said.

Saint Paul police said they can't remember anything happening on Halloween in the last five years.