City leaders pointed to several recent shootings, including one that killed a Polytechnic High School student earlier this year, adding to the urgency of speaking directly to students about making smart choices.
Fort Worth city leaders, police and activist groups are going on school campuses with a message about gun violence.
"They were all out just having fun. Some people came down the street and just started shooting," she said. Three years later, Melinda says her grandson, Derrick Johnson Jr., was on his way home when he was shot and killed. Melinda spoke at Polytechnic High School Tuesday morning as part of the new Fort Worth Violence Intervention spearheaded by District 8 Councilman Chris Nettles. He pointed to a recent violent weekend in Fort Worth and surrounding areas in late April."That weekend, we had three deaths," Nettles said. "That was a sign we have to do something, and we have to do it now.
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