Marcus Tafari Samuel Downer, 23 years old, was murdered on July 26, 2015. He was on his grandmother’s block and five doors down from her house. It was a bright Sunday evening when a young man drove up and pumped a barrage of bullets into my son senselessly.
The case is still not solved. This was an illegal gun.
Marcus was the joy of my life. His smile was like a ray of sunshine. He wanted to be an actor and a producer of movies, and he had some training from Baltimore School for the Arts. Acting was his passion, and he did it with fidelity. There is not a day, minute or second that I don’t think of my son Marcus. Mothers, fathers and family members, we must huddle and enforce that our politicians implement stricter gun laws.