Family members mourn the loss of 19-year-old Garion Johnson, during a funeral service at New Beginning Community Baptist Church on Saturday, August 15, 2015, in Omaha Nebraska.
Kristina Young holds her grandson Jay'Ceon Foster. "Everyday he'll ask me where his mother his," Young said. "What can you say to a two-year-old?"
A crowd gathers to remember the life of 16-year-old Markeise Dunn, who was shot and killed at the intersection of 24th and Pratt Streets on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Tyrus Harris, 20, was shot three times in 2015, only one block away from his high school. He was a senior at the time. "Lord knows that I would love to return to my old life and how things were going for me," Harris said. He is now paralyzed from the waist down.
Flowers lay atop a casket during a burial ceremony for Destacia Straughn and her 2-year-old daughter Kenacia Amerson-Straughn. Straughn and her daughter were shot and killed on Sunday, December 6, 2015.
Sharrell Carter, 26, stands outside of New Beginning Community Baptist Church before the funeral of her cousin,19-year-old Garion Johnson. 'Lil Dad' is tattooed on Carter's face in honor of her cousin, who was called Baghdad by friends.
Family and friends pass out flowers during a burial ceremony for Jarrell Haynes, at Mount Hope Cemetery on Saturday, March 12th, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska. Haynes, a father of two, was shot and killed on the front steps of his grandmother's home on Victor St., on March 2, 2016.
A cake with Jarrell Hayne's picture, right, is shown during a celebration for what would have been his 23rd birthday, on Saturday, February 18, 2017, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Jay'Ceon Foster, 3, carries a balloon as he walks toward the grave of his mother, on what would have been her 21st birthday, at Mount Hope Cemetery on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska. Both Jay'Ceon's mother and father were shot and killed.
A rose pedal sits on the casket of 22-year-old Jarrell Haynes on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Mount Hope Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska. "Just to know he's in that dirt, all by himself, lying there," said Jewell Shields. "All I know is he isn't here, and it's killing me."
Family and friends release balloons into the air during a vigil honoring Destacia Straughn and her 2-year-old daughter, Kenacia. Straughn and her daughter were shot and killed on Sunday, December 6, 2015.
"This is something I'm going to walk around with for the rest of my life, knowing someone took my son's life - for nothing," said Gary Johnson. His son Garion was 19-years-old when he was shot and killed in front of his home in Omaha, Nebraska. Garion is the second son that Johnson has lost to gun violence.
The violence has left 3-year-old Jay’Ceon Foster without a mother or a father. It has left 20-year-old Tyrus Harris paralyzed from the waist down. And for every person killed, a family is left to mourn the absence of their loved ones who were taken far too soon.