NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The McAdams family is pleading for an end to gun violence after two teens were shot and killed in a middle school parking lot .
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) has arrested two people in the case, but the family of one of the victims said the shooting should be seen as a wake-up call to the community.
“There are really no words to put into it, honestly,” said Hommy Torres as he talked about his little brother holding back tears.
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It has been five days since his brother, 17-year-old Jalen McAdams, was shot and killed, but for his family, the pain still feels like it happened yesterday.
“He was everything,” said Torres.
Every day has been a reminder of the stories they share. Those shared stories are now memories.
“He sang in the car. I love him so much. He was such a good boy. I never saw what social media is doing to my child. I didn’t see that boy. That wasn’t my Jalen. That wasn’t my baby Jalen. That wasn’t Jay Jay. Jay Jay was a baby and that he was, he was a good boy. He was a good boy,” cried Crystal McAdams, Jalen’s mother.