‘This can’t be life’: Mother of 13-year-old gunshot victim tells First Alert 4 she has mercy for murder suspect

FERGUSON, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Days after her son, LaJuan Swopes, was shot and later died at a St. Louis County school, Swopes’ mother spoke to First Alert 4 about her grief and her boy, who did not make it to his 14th birthday.

“I’m lost because I never thought in a thousand years it would be me,” said Jennifer Macone.

Jennifer Macone says she is numb after her son LaJuan Swopes, only 13 years old, was shot and killed in a high school parking lot Tuesday evening…

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