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By Erica Wright
Apostle Wanda Stephen knows the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence.
Stephen, pastor of Jesus Real International Ministry, and founder of Mothers Who Want the Violence to Stop, lost her son, George Powell Jr., 15 years ago when he was only 23.
“I’ve been fighting out here ever since,” said Stephen on Wednesday at the Homer E. Hayes Soccer Complex in the 200 block of Glen Crest Drive in Fairfield where a shooting occurred Tuesday night.
“I want to tell the community you need to put the guns down and pick up the Word of God,” she said. “I am so tired of this going on. . . not just in Fairfield but Birmingham and Bessemer and I have gone all around doing vigils and funerals and my heart goes out to a lot of mothers who have lost their children due to gun violence.”
Community members plead for gun violence to end
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - New calls from the community to end the violence impacting Birmingham and the surrounding areas.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what they believe was a targeted deadly shooting in Fairfield Tuesday night. Dozens of markers count the shell casings at Homer E. Hayes Soccer Complex. One man, 24 year-old DeAngelo Poole, was shot and killed. Four others are recovering from gunshot injuries.
“No more vigils. No more balloons,” said Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway, “We’ve got to learn how to live together and love each other and put the guns down.”