A National Conversation on How We Can Prevent Gun Deaths and Injuries
Personal Stories & Tributes
Tributes to Janice Heyne
Jan was a beautiful, loving wife of 27 years, wonderful Mother, and an incredible life force. A cowardly monster armed with a 9mm semi automatic handgun with a 15 round clip, mercilessly shot Jan twice in the back as she was trying to get away. The killer was at the home of my best Friend, [...]
Tribute to Michael Schwartz Jr
My son was shot and killed on March 14th of 2012, he was 13 years old. We live in a small town and he walked to school on a regular basics, as he told me by that day I never thought that would be the last time that I would see him, but it was. [...]
Tribute to Starkesia Reed
Starkesia Reed was a 14 year old Honor student in the Chicago Public Schools with her whole life ahead of her. She was NOT in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was waiting for her school bus one morning, eating an orange inside her own living room, looking out the window for her [...]
Tribute to Neal McCree
On Sunday January 22, 2012 I woke up to the news that my younger cousin was murdered at a party at about 1:00 o’clock that morning. He was 22 years old and left behind 3 young children ages 3, 1, and 8 months old. He was very loyal to his friends and family and would [...]
Tribute to Jennifer Crecente
Jennifer met her boyfriend when she was 16. She dated him for over two years. During those years they went through a lot. He was never physically abusive before but he was very verbally and emotionally abusive. She was finally able to break free from him in 2005. But on February 15, 2006, Jennifer (then [...]
I fell so sorry for this mother…My daughter is the same age as Kristen and this is such a great loss. Such a beautiful girl. My prayers are with you and your family.
Janet RN