Susan Lopez has been the appointed Hillsborough County state attorney since August. In that time, she's changed the way teens are prosecuted in gun-related cases. There has been an increase of more than 20 percent of gun-related juvenile cases prosecuted in adult court since Lopez was appointed to her position. "The fact is, we are witnessing more juveniles in our city and in our county with guns, committing violent crimes that are putting people in danger and even costing the lives of innocent victims," Lopez explained. MORE: https://bit.ly/3Luk4cj ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay