Next, I heard the tinkle of glass and Avery screaming “what happened to Asa”, and as I looked over to the rear seats, I saw something that no sister or parent or person should have to ever witness as Asa had been shot, with the bullet entering his mouth and lodging in his neck from a shootout on the freeway that just happened to occur while we were driving in the wrong place at the wrong time. I didn’t think anything of it as it was just after July 4th and I wasn’t driving. Melissa drove as I was in the front passenger seat and Asa (8) and Avery (9) were in the rear.Ī little more than halfway through our short trip, we heard a “pop, pop, pop, pop, pop”. Three Fridays ago our lives were upended as we drove from our home to Asa and Avery’s grandparents’ home in Oakland for dinner, a routine drive we had done many times before. We are raising funds to help with his recovery and to prepare for his return home. A personal plea to my LinkedIn family! Please help Asa thrive! Our 8-year old child Asa was a victim of gun violence 3 weeks ago which has left him paralyzed from the neck down.
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