CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A Chesterfield woman shattered by her brother’s murder has turned her grief into a lifeline for children struggling to understand violence.
Daija Monroe was 24 when her younger brother was shot to death inside a car close to his home in May 2022. She remembers the TV coverage and the interview requests to her mom, but often thought, “What about me?”
“I’ve always seen on the news or people around me that lose people to gun violence, but until you go through it yourself… It’s a strange feeling,” Monroe said…