Spiritual leaders, law enforcement and mothers of murdered children gathered across the street from Miami Northwestern High School Friday to take a stand against crime in their neighborhood.
The vigil came just days after the most recent victim of gun violence, 15-year-old Johnny Lubin, a freshman at Miami Northwestern, was gunned down on his way home from school. Police believe he was not the intended victim and was just an innocent bystander.
Nicole Hunt, who was at Friday's gathering, knows all too well the pain Lubin's mother is feeling. Her son, Randall Robinson, also fell victim to gun violence. Hunt said more people need to come forward instead of worrying about being snitches.
"It's not right, somebody know something, start marching, stop being quiet," she said.
It was a plea echoed by another mom who lost her child.
"They're here today and they're gone tomorrow and it's just not fair," Tisha Green said.
In just six months there have been more than five shootings impacting Miami Northwestern students. But loved ones grieving a devastating loss say enough isn't being done to keep their children safe.
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"Kids say they're scared to come to school, but would you be scared if they came to school with a gun trying to protect themselves?" Hunt said.
"We're doing everything we can to be here, exhausting all our resources to try and get a grip on the epidemic were facing in our community," Miami-Dade Police Maj. Ricky Carter said.
