Community remembers Jacksonville six-year-old lost to gun violence

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — Jacksonville residents gathered Saturday for a candlelight vigil honoring A’mir Houston, a six-year-old child lost to gun violence.

Houston was killed while in the back of a car in the 4000 block of South Highway 161 on Sunday, May 17.

Theresa Cook of the Jacksonville Parent Action Coalition said the child’s death is exactly the sort of thing they’re trying to prevent…

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