COLUMBIA, S.C. (WJBF) — An emotional day at the South Carolina State House. Survivors, lawmakers, and community leaders stood together — pushing for justice and healing.
“On the 13th of May 2022, at the hour of 11:35 PM that was taken away from me in a snap of a finger. Why? Because of a senseless act of gun violence,” Courtney Hunter recalled.
On Wednesday, Hunter stood on the Statehouse steps, telling her story at the 4th Annual Victims Matter Rally. Families and survivors held signs — saying names that should never be forgotten. She lost her 6-year-old son, Winston, just days before kindergarten graduation. “I was distraught, upset, hurt, angry—probably every emotion in my body. I was in disbelief. You see things on TV, but you never expect it to happen in the safety of your own home,” she added…