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 hi