Group hopes to help others, spread compassion, influence policies and remove the stigma from families hurt by violence
Rickie Brown of City Heights lost her 19-year-old, 6-foot-6 son, Rance Brown to a shotgun blast in the chest, and she's never been the same. His killer is out of prison now and free to meet with his family, she said, but she'll never see her son again. No one can fully understand that feeling except maybe her friends in the San Diego chapter of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice. 'God has a purpose, and his purpose is the work we all do now,' Brown said.
Carlos Jr. had just turned 18 and was a senior at Montgomery High School in San Diego. He was in 'the wrong place at the wrong time,' dropping off a friend, when he was shot by gang members, his dad said. Parents who experience that kind of grief need help to get through it, Munoz said. 'The first year is just a big blur,' he said. 'You are confused and shocked. There's the funeral and all these things.
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