ALLENTOWN, Pa. — An Allentown woman who dedicated her life to curbing gun violence after her son was fatally shot will now advise some of Pennsylvania’s top officials.
Jeani Garcia, who took the helm at Promise Neighborhoods this year, was recently named to serve on the executive committee for the state’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention. She is one of 29 advocates and experts who form the inaugural committee.
Garcia has said she found her son’s bloody body in his bed in 2012 after he was shot and killed by gang members…