FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Tiffany Walker says she never imagined July 20, 2022 would be her last day with her son, Marcus Ball Jr.

That day, Walker was killed by a stray bullet inside his family's Lakeview apartment in Fort Valley .

"My last day seeing him running through the house, would be my last day. Just loving on him," Walker said through tears. "If I could trade places with him, I would."

Walker says Marcus would have been five this month. Walker spoke in front of the Peach County Courthouse after Jabari Thomas and Wontazious Bivins were sentenced for her sons murder.

"Losing a child is hard, especially the way I lost him," Walker said.

Thomas and Bivins were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Thomas also received an additional 25 years, while Bivins received an

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