A St. Petersburg father is on a mission to persuade teens to turn away from gun violence after his son was shot and killed.
Maress Scott gave his son a bicycle to get to the appointment and told him to go inside and say his prayers. That would be the last time he would ever see his son alive.
A former high school football captain is being mourned after a shooting in South St. Pete took his life.
“If we don’t do something right now, this city can spiral,” he warned.
The Scott family is taking steps to help the community and end the violence.
Marquis Scott was shot and killed at the age of 20 a year ago this week. His family still waits for justice.
Marquis Scott, 20, was shot while riding his bike. The Northeast High School football captain was turning his life around, his family said.
In a show of solidarity against the gun violence that has reached record-breaking proportions in St. Petersburg this year, mayoral candidate Robert Blackmon marched side by side with community leaders and residents in the second Annual Stop the Violence Walk Friday.
After his youngest son was murdered, Maress Scott decided to make it his mission to prevent other families from having to endure the indescribable pain of losing a child.
A St. Pete dad is on a mission to make the city safer after the death of his son back in 2019.