Siolo Toala did his best to keep his composure while recounting the story of how his brother was killed nearly a decade ago by gun violence.

Toala, who represents the group Day Won Utah , which advocates against gun violence, shared before those who gathered at the Gun Violence Prevention Center at Utah’s daffodil planting Tuesday evening that his brother Maluolefale was shot and killed during an altercation with another man at a West Valley City intersection in 2016.

“He took a hot one to his chest, and we were just down the street waiting for him at a graduation party,” Toala recalled. “And we never were able to say goodbye.”

He said the death of his brother took a toll on him and his family as they tried to navigate the loss. Toala said his cousin suggested attending a healing ev

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