Latasha Hobbs has endured almost 3,000 days without her son, Maurice Hobbs, who was tragically killed in 2017 in the Southside Estates.

Amid a surge in violence across Jacksonville that has killed several people, including two children over the past week, MAD DADS sent a clear message to the community at its 16th annual Motorcycle Ride for Life event.

The MAD DADS Motorcycle Ride for Life starts at the Adamec Harley Davidson store on Baymeadows Road.

Jacksonville moms fighting against gun violence came together Friday for Gun Violence Awareness Day.

It’s almost been five years since a local man was killed. Now, his mother is on a mission to find her son’s killer.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Records show gun violence in Jacksonville continues to disproportionately impact the Black community at an alarming rate. I want to do everything I can to keep guns out of the wrong hands, to help prevent gun violence. I want to help press the issue of community investment, good quality education, community love and infrastructure because all of those factors, they are all contributing factors to gun violence. Hobbs and Varner work with several different groups throughout Jacksonville that promote prevention and intervention in ending gun violence. Varner said the people who killed his son, ended up victims of gun violence themselves.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An event took place Saturday that aimed to help restore peace in the community while honoring lives lost to gun violence. Families of Maurice Hobbs and DJ Broadus helped organize and attended the gathering. She said it’s important to come together to realize everyone in the community has a responsibility to bring peace to their neighborhoods. “There should be a murder charge, not a tampering with evidence charge,” Dominic Broadus said. Dominic Broadus is asking supporters to come to sentencing in Baker County that starts at 9 a.m. Monday.