“I still have his phone number on my phone.” Brooks said. I believe I’m strong, but I still cry.”ĭarlene Williams and Bobby Brooks lost their son, Morrell Brooks, 23, on March 2, 2006, in Oakland. “They followed him and also shot him four times in the head. He was shot in San Francisco, leaving behind three daughters, ages 3, 5 and 10, Donaldson said.
Theresa Donaldson of Hayward lost her son, Andree, 31, on May 30, 2006. “But, oh, they always say that, don’t they,” she said. “But he didn’t die right then.” Later, she said that her son had finally been getting his life together. “He was shot four times in the head,” she said. “We had just left Bible study, we hadn’t been home a half hour when we got the call, our son has been fatally shot,” she said. “God has a time for all of us to come home.” But she appeared shaken as she described what happened. She’s crying on the inside and I can see it.” “We’re here,” Henry said, “because I love my wife dearly, and I understand the pain she’s in. He was shot in East Oakland, apparently following an argument. “It started with drugs, and they kill innocent people and they don’t care.”Īnnette Mobley and her husband Henry lost her son (Henry’s stepson) Charles McKinney, 40, on Oct. There were two, they got one and I’m still angry,” Maria Sisneros said. “Why should he live, get three meals a day, not worry, when my son is dead?” she said. One of his accused assailants awaits trial, and Maria Sisneros, who came to the meeting with her son, Gerald, and a granddaughter, made her feelings clear: The guilty man should not live.
Her son, Jorge, 29, was shot on a sunny Sunday morning Sept. They talked about how violent death has changed them, how it affected their families and how the world needs to change. Each had a terrible tale, and for two hours they told their stories, sharing how they’ve managed to cope with the unimaginable - the phone call, the hospital, the police, the coroner, and the end of hopes and dreams on streets turned mean. On Saturday, she set out food and a circle of chairs.Įleven people dropped in: parents of four murder victims, a friend, a couple of siblings. She put out the word and booked a meeting room at Jack London Inn. Her goal this year, she said, is to build a support and prayer group for people touched by violence.
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