A National Conversation on How We Can Prevent Gun Deaths and Injuries
On October 26, 2002, Antonio E. Marquez was shot and killed as he and his pregnant wife stopped to help a homeless person on the corner of 21st and Western in Chicago. Antonio left his unborn child and eight-year-son. This tribute is for him: a tribute to who he was in life. But most importantly, [...]
Alma Washington, was murdered February 1989 in Los Angeles. She was sitting in her wheelchair looking out the window when a shot was fired at a boy running past her window. She was fatally struck by the bullets. Two boys were arrested; the 14 year-old juvenile was released early and other is served an unknown [...]
It will be two years on December 21 and the word that I have is Life. Jennifer loved life. She loved hoodies and hats. Jennifer loved to make her own clothes for she was her own person. Jennifer would give you the shirt off her back. I know for she gave me hers. My daughter [...]
I would like to honor my mother, Jacqueline Kellibrew and brother Anthony Cephas who were both shot and killed on 2 July, 1984. Although they have been taken from this earth physically, their spirit is here today in the movement to end gun violence. No matter how long you both are gone, we will always [...]
After being stalked by an ex-boyfriend, Raymond Caron of Bath, ME, my sister, Carol, obtained a restraining order. Ray Caron was diagnosed as dangerous, especially if armed. My siblings lived in Ft. Myers, Florida at the time. On December 5, 1985, Ray Caron took my brother as hostage so that my sister would open the [...]
An only child, Reginald L. Reese, 19 was shot to death in San Pedro, December 6, 1995. His body was found with multiple gunshot wounds, in a vacant parking lot near the San Pedro Harbor. Reginald was a student and worked for Spirit Cruise Lines. His case, like so many others remains unsolved.
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