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Zachary Metz
Legislative Aide
Office of Representative Kevin Chambliss
(850) 717-5117
FLORIDA CITY, Fla. – Johnny Stevenson, Jr., a Florida City resident and father of 14, senselessly lost his life from a gunshot wound he received yesterday after attempting to break up a fight between two girls, one of who was his daughter. The altercation began between the two on the school bus, and carried out onto the street once the bus arrived at its destination. Upon seeing his daughter involved in this altercation, he rushed to break it up, when another bystander pulled out a gun, and shot him in the stomach. Mr. Stevenson succumbed to his injuries and passed during surgery.
Representative Kevin Chambliss (D-Homestead), issued the following statement in response:
“Yesterday, the life of Johnny Stevenson, Jr. was tragically cut short after yet another instance of gun violence. Johnny needlessly lost his life through the unnecessary escalation of an altercation between his daughter and another student, and it is yet another example of gun violence shattering the lives of many.
“Furthermore, this should act as a call to action for the Miami-Dade County School Board to implement new safety standards for school buses. School busses are the only reliable method of transportation for so many kids in our district to access educational institutions, and in no uncertain terms, altercations like these should never be able to develop on a school bus, and spill out into the street. We must act now.”
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