‘Son, you did it’: Florida mother accepts late son’s diploma at graduation ceremony

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Six months after losing her 18-year-old son to gun violence, Natasha Jackson walked across the stage to accept his high school diploma in his honor.

Matthew Jackson was a senior at Riverside High School in Jacksonville, Florida, when he was shot and killed on Nov. 22 at a local Burger King where he worked. Investigators say a fight broke out between one of his co-workers and another man, and Matthew tried to break it up when shots were fired.

“I tapped into a strength that I did know that I have,” his mother said…

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