Ben Crump and Father of Dadeville Victim Talk Gun Violence

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Over the weekend, the community of Dadeville, Alabama suffered a tragic mass shooting. The father, Michael Collins, of one of the victims joins the Rickey Smiley Morning Show to share his thoughts on what he describes as his biggest fear turned reality. 

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Saturday night, shots fired at a Sweet 16 birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio. Four unfortunately did not make it out alive, and 28 were left critically injured. Dadeville police have yet to release more details on the shooter and possible motive. 

Collins not only speaks on his devastating experience, but also a bit about his beliefs on gun reform.

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“It’s an unbearable emptiness and pain to go to sleep and wake up to know that its still a reality…Put pressure on these legislators and congressmen to act, to do something, to fix this so we can stop this from happening,” Michael states.

Rickey Smiley holds back tears as he empathizes with “another father who had to wake up on a Sunday morning to the news that their son is gone”.

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Ben Crump joins afterwards to give insight on another sad occurrence —the Kansas City shooting a sixteen year old boy, Ralph Yarl. Yarl was shot twice in the head at a doorstep after mistakenly arriving to the wrong address. The star student was picking up his younger siblings. He survived, miraculously, but the shooter currently faces no charges. 

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