Club shooting victim’s fiancé fights to end gun violence in Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – A lethal membership capturing in Atlanta on Saturday has Aaliyah Sturdy taking a painful journey down reminiscence lane to when her fiancé died below related circumstances.

“When Ty bought killed, it was so sudden. We had been at work, and I simply by no means imagined it being me,” stated Sturdy.

That occurred again in February, when Sturdy’s fiancé, Ty Ross was working safety on the Encore Hookah Bar and Bistro in Downtown Atlanta.

Saturday morning, one other membership capturing however in West Midtown on the Odyssey Lounge, the place Atlanta police say three males had been shot. One man died on the scene, the opposite two males had bullet grazes to the legs, based on Main Carlo Peek with APD. One other sufferer drove to the QuikTrip on Howell Mill Highway for assist.

“All of the shootings, it’s disheartening. I hope to be the voice of change, the face of hope, for lots of households right here in Atlanta,” stated Sturdy.

Sturdy is doing that by her group Tyme to Thrive Past Grief.

“I’ve been working with enterprise homeowners and totally different safety groups, I’ve been working with totally different laws to attempt to implement extra coverage modifications, attempting to make weapons much less accessible,” stated Sturdy.

Sturdy acquired a grant from the Neighborhood Basis of Larger Atlanta and was even invited to the White Home when President Biden signed the Safer Communities Act.

Sturdy desires all of Atlanta to assist together with her mission.

“Apart from, you recognize, holding our elected officers accountable, dad and mom additionally should do their half. There’s no motive youngsters ought to have entry to firearms,” stated Sturdy.

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