5½ years into recovery, Justin McNeal shares a story of hope as he trains new peer recovery specialists at the Minnesota Recovery Connection in St. Paul. McNeal has six felony convictions but credits a life-changing connection a new probation officer with helping turn his life around.
Almost a month has passed since Justin McNeal was fatally shot on Interstate 220 while driving home from Ridgeland after a job interview to be a certified nursing assistant.
McNeal was only 24 when he died March 28. He was the type of person to give you the shirt off his back, girlfriend Mercedez Ramsey said Sunday.
Now, his friends and family wear shirts emblazoned with his name. His smile. His memory. Justice for Justin, his father, Jermaine McNeal s, T-shirt reads. Until we meet again, runs across the back of Ramsey s.
They were among those gathered Sunday afternoon in front of the Mississippi State Capitol stairs for a Stop the Violence march organized by Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes to address surging gun violence in Jackson.