Two years after a night at the movies brought a tragic ending to spring break for a Cape Coral girl, her grieving mom hopes a new initiative will deter youth from gun violence.
Kayla Rincon-Miller, 15, described as a funny and hard-headed girl, died March 17, 2024, when boys with guns stopped her and two friends and demanded their purses. Gunfire erupted, and Rincon-Miller went down in the street a few blocks from where she and the other girls had seen a movie.
Her mother, Luz Rincon, who has now helped launch an anti-gun-violence foundation, said Kayla lit up every room and had a lot of aspirations. She left behind one sibling…