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CBS News
30-06-2025
- CBS News
Community remembers 11-year-old killed in Minneapolis park
Friends, family and community members took over the streets Sunday, marching down Dowling Avenue Sunday afternoon, to the park where 11-year-old Amir Atkins took his last breath. Leading the march Sunday, is a man familiar with both gun violence and loss. "We need to put the guns down and love up," said Cortez Rice. Three years ago, Rice lost his 15-year-old son, Jahmari, after he was gunned down outside a school in Richfield. "We're taking hits after hits after hits, and these is young lives that are being taken from us," said Rice. "He touched all of our lives," said Atkins' grandmother, Kim Fate. Fate said her grandson was a bubbly, feisty boy, who loved Spiderman, football and basketball. He just made the wrong friends, she said. "I just think that he was negatively influenced. What he was looking for, I don't know, but he was too young to be out here in these streets," said Fate. Community members are now pleading for an end to gun violence and for the shooter to take accountability. "Whoever did this, I want you to know I hope you don't rest and sleep, because what you did was wrong to my grandson," said Fate. Minneapolis police said Sunday, they continue to search for suspects and a motive.
CBS News
30-06-2025
- CBS News
Community remembers 11-year-old murdered in Minneapolis park
Friends, family and community members took over the streets Sunday, marching down Dowling Avenue Sunday afternoon, to the park where 11-year-old Amir Atkins took his last breath. Leading the march Sunday, is a man familiar with both gun violence and loss. "We need to put the guns down and love up," said Cortez Rice. Three years ago, Rice lost his 15-year-old son, Jahmari, after he was gunned down outside a school in Richfield. "We're taking hits after hits after hits, and these is young lives that are being taken from us," said Rice. "He touched all of our lives," said Atkins' grandmother, Kim Fate. Fate said her grandson was a bubbly, feisty boy, who loved Spiderman, football and basketball. He just made the wrong friends, she said. "I just think that he was negatively influenced. What he was looking for, I don't know, but he was too young to be out here in these streets," said Fate. Community members are now pleading for an end to gun violence and for the murderer to take accountability. "Whoever did this, I want you to know I hope you don't rest and sleep, because what you did was wrong to my grandson," said Fate. Minneapolis police said Sunday, they continue to search for suspects and a motive.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Yahoo
Little Rock families raise awareness of gun violence during Wear Orange weekend
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – At L.E. Braggs Ministries in Little Rock, Elizabeth Gould shares a story of heartbreak alongside her sister Catherine. Gould's son, Terrance, was killed on the day of his high school graduation. It's been almost 30 years, and the hurt still lies in their hearts. 'I'm still a mother,' Gould said. 'And I'm still in pain because my son never came back.' Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission joins in on National Go Orange Day to end gun violence On Saturday, they wore orange to bring awareness to the number of sons and daughters taken away too soon. Choosing to turn the pain into something more. Keyon Neely said he knows that pain firsthand. Because of the work done by organizations like Moms Demand Action and Parents of Murdered Children, he sees the hope for a better future. 'I see a lost me in these younger children,' Neely said. 'So that kind of keeps me motivated.' Arkansas MLK Commission holds Nonviolence Youth Summit at Southwest HS Now he stands among these organizations pushing for a better cause and reaching out to people who were once in his shoes. 'Going to the juvenile system. Going to all of these youth detention centers. And try to let them know, man, it's not what you want,' Neely said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
