My son, Shane Richards, lost his life to gun violence. He fought for his life for nearly a month, but because he didn’t have insurance, the hospital refused to keep him on life support.

My son had a long life to live, but it was cut short, unfortunately, and I’m here to tell his story. My son wanted to speak out to the youth, to try to inspire his community to turn another leaf. He had plans to leave the city and change his life around.Shane loved his family ,he was my back bone he helped me through it all .I know my son is going to watch over me ,his sisters and brother . I just want to send him home nicely