Education about gangs and gang violence must start early in life, and it must happen at home.
That’s the message from those who advocate against violence in Hampton Roads.
News 3’s Jay Greene talked with Joan Turner who lost her son, Quantez Russell to gang violence.
WTKR News 3Turner said it all started when she noticed changes in his clothing in middle school.
In middle school, she noticed her son’s favorite color change from blue to red.
“He wanted everything to have Michael Jordan on it because it was the red hat brim…it was the white shoes with the red Nike symbol,” she said. “Everything was red and I didn’t understand why.”
WTKR News 3Things progressed as her son got older and entered high school.
Turner said her son would cut up squares of soap, and put them in plastic baggies into his backpack that he would use for playing basketball. It’s where Russell kept at least $800 from selling imitation crack cocaine at Lakeland High School.