Wearing shirts and carrying signs with the names and faces of loved ones, hundreds of people marched against gun violence Saturday in Memphis, marking the city s second-ever Unity Walk and its first since setting a new record of 332 homicides in 2020.
Undeterred by overcast skies, an estimated 500 people gathered for the Unity Walk Against Gun Violence at Whitehaven s Hillcrest High School, according to the office of Shelby County District Amy Weirich. One of those people was Eunice Harris, 60, of East Memphis, whose 26-year-old son, Brandon Lipsey, was shot and killed on Aug. 6, 2018. You never know when this might happen to you; just pray to God that it don t, because this is really serious, said Harris, speaking of losing a loved one to gun violence. She added, with emphasis: It affects you. It affects your mind. It affects your whole world.