Fort Worth pastors launch program to turn guns into garden tools for victims of violence

Annettra Hicks knows firsthand the toll that gun violence in Fort Worth takes on its victims — and how hard it can be to find resources to heal.

Hicks, 40, has suffered the loss of family members and close friends who fell victim to gun violence.

In April, she wore a sweatshirt that belonged to her late friend Prada Vey Da Prince, a Fort Worth musician who died by gun violence in 2020. She wanted to feel close to her friend as she joined a group of local pastors and churchgoers in marching down Mississippi Avenue in southeast Fort Worth to raise awareness and honor those who died by gun violence along the street…

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