After her son Jordan was shot and killed at a gas station in Jacksonville, FL, by a man objecting to the music he was playing in his car, Lucy McBath became a fierce gun control activist. She recently ran for Congress in the GA 6th and was elected to the US House of Representatives.
When asked how he manages since his step-brother killed his brother, J says, “I have a very, very, very strong family.”
After losing two daughters - one to gun violence and the other in an unrelated tragedy - Kerry believes that the whole point of living is to simply preserve life.
Shyanne visits the grave of her cousin, who was killed only months after her brother. The families mourn side by side.
Stephanie's four-year-old daughter was near her twin brother when she was struck and killed by a stray bullet fired on wide-open Federal land. Given the vast and completely unregulated area, it's impossible to locate the shooter.
Their brother was shot once and killed when he and his Uncle Atiff were robbed. Atiff was shot 15 times and survived for several months before succumbing to his injuries.
Lisa’s brother Jim, a firefighter in Rhode Island, was killed by a retired police officer following an argument at his son’s birthday. Jim was shot in front of the children.
"Just recently, I was sitting outside crying in the evening and Peter came with some leftover birthday candles. He put them in a tealight cup with dirt in it and lit them up and came up to me and gave me a big hug, sat down next to me and started telling me that, “Mom, please don’t cry. He is okay. He is … Nicholas is okay. He’s an angel now. He can fly. He is, he’s okay, you know.”
Shortly before ending his life with a gun, David’s son called 911 to tell them where police could find his body - so his parents wouldn’t worry.
Natasha's son Akeal, 14, was shot and killed on his way home from a party in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Despite bars, stores, and bodegas that were all open at the time of the shooting, no one has stepped forward to identify the shooter.