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A year after her son was shot to death over his jewelry, Connie Staley joined other community members in Melbourne to march for an end to gun violence and to call on people, especially the youth, to put the guns down.Craig Dewberry, 27, was killed last September in what authorities said was a targeted robbery and murder.Four people, ages 16 to 21, were arrested and charged in his murder case.”I just feel like I’m just surviving in this world. He was my everything,” Staley said.”My son was innocent. He bothered nobody.”She said the four arrested in his death targeted him and that he was a regular at the corner store where he was shot.”Why guns? Why kill innocent people?” she asked. “He was just walking inside of a store. They had no reason to rob him. If they wanted to rob him, he would have given them his jewelry.”On Saturday, she joined other community members in a march down University Boulevard in Melbourne, holding signs and calling for an end to gun violence.Just a few weeks ago, a two-year-old girl named Bles’syn lost her life in a shooting, while both of her grandparents were shot and survived.”Us as a community, we’re losing too many people,” said organizer Quamel Wynn.”It’s a big issue for me because I live it, this is where I’m from. I have brothers, I have sisters, I have nieces, I have nephews, I have cousins, I have friends. So something that happens to them, it affects me.”Melbourne Police are still searching for answers in the toddler’s slaying.If you have any information, you’re urged to contact the department or Crimeline.CrimelineCrimeline’s mission is to increase the safety of the Central Florida community by assisting law enforcement agencies in removing undesirable individuals from the community, according to its mission statement>> Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)>> Leave a tip onlineTips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects and/or the recovery of stolen property and drugs may be eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000. All tips eligible for a reward are paid to tipsters using an anonymous processCentral Florida Crimeline began in July of 1977, originally named Crimewatch, modeled after the first Crime Stoppers program founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)
A year after her son was shot to death over his jewelry, Connie Staley joined other community members in Melbourne to march for an end to gun violence and to call on people, especially the youth, to put the guns down.
Craig Dewberry, 27, was killed last September in what authorities said was a targeted robbery and murder.
Four people, ages 16 to 21, were arrested and charged in his murder case.
“I just feel like I’m just surviving in this world. He was my everything,” Staley said.
“My son was innocent. He bothered nobody.”
She said the four arrested in his death targeted him and that he was a regular at the corner store where he was shot.
“Why guns? Why kill innocent people?” she asked.
“He was just walking inside of a store. They had no reason to rob him. If they wanted to rob him, he would have given them his jewelry.”
On Saturday, she joined other community members in a march down University Boulevard in Melbourne, holding signs and calling for an end to gun violence.
Just a few weeks ago, a two-year-old girl named Bles’syn lost her life in a shooting, while both of her grandparents were shot and survived.
“Us as a community, we’re losing too many people,” said organizer Quamel Wynn.
“It’s a big issue for me because I live it, this is where I’m from. I have brothers, I have sisters, I have nieces, I have nephews, I have cousins, I have friends. So something that happens to them, it affects me.”
Melbourne Police are still searching for answers in the toddler’s slaying.
If you have any information, you’re urged to contact the department or Crimeline.
Crimeline
Crimeline’s mission is to increase the safety of the Central Florida community by assisting law enforcement agencies in removing undesirable individuals from the community, according to its mission statement
>> Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)
>> Leave a tip online
Tips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects and/or the recovery of stolen property and drugs may be eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000. All tips eligible for a reward are paid to tipsters using an anonymous process
Central Florida Crimeline began in July of 1977, originally named Crimewatch, modeled after the first Crime Stoppers program founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)
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