Falana's son was shot and killed in a hate crime because he was gay. Falana said she comes to events like the rally at Othello Park to connect with other people who’ve lost someone irreplaceable.
Brittany Toolis, KIRO 7 NewsSEATTLE — People gathered at Seattle’s Othello Park Saturday, dressed in orange, for a rally to raise awareness about gun violence. The first Friday in June is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Many of the people at the rally had been impacted by gun violence.
Falana Young’s son was shot and killed in 2014. She said he was killed in a hate crime, he and his friend were targeted because they were gay. Falana said she comes to events like the rally at Othello Park to connect with other people who’ve lost someone irreplaceable, like their children, to guns. Malini’s daughter, Taylor was shot and killed while at a family friend’s house. She was in the bathroom when the family friend shot through the door, hitting her multiple times. Saturday would have been her 26th birthday.
Her son Connor was killed in front of their house on Mother’s Day in 2020. Police haven’t made any arrests in that case.
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