MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. -- It has been nearly two weeks since a Butler High School student was shot and killed. Now, law enforcement and teenagers are working to end the violence. 

• The community held two event that called for an end to bullying
• The Mecklenburg County Sheriff-elect says deputies will start making visits to schools after he is sworn in
• RELATED: Funeral Held for Butler High School Student Shot on Campus

Saturday, two different community events in Matthews called for an end to bullying. 

At a prayer rally at Stumptown Park, Mecklenburg County Sheriff-elect Gary McFadden says he spoke to both parents of the students involved in the deadly shooting to try and come up with a solution. 

Part of his plan is to send deputies into high schools around the county to talk with students about conflict resolution, and to listen to the problems they're facing. 

"I think that we talk to the kids too much, and we just need to sit down in what I call circles of trust. Sit down and talk with the kids, but we have to be consistent. We just can't do it one time, we just can't do it when the incidents happen," McFadden says.  "We have to be consistent and get to know the kids, build a relationship so then when you see the relationship is going out of hand, having that relationship will tell you something is wrong, and then we can probably stop it ourselves." 

Across town, students from high schools around Charlotte came together to talk about mental health and bullying. 

Students say it's important to have a safe place to go to so you don't feel alone. 

"We as teens always need that one person that we can go to, to talk about anything that's on our mind. Because you never know what a person is going through unless they really tell you," says Chloe-Olivia Gloston,  a freshman at Queens Grant High School.  

McFadden says deputies will start making visits to schools once he is officially sworn in as Sheriff.