Photos: People march for peace, end to gun violence in New Orleans
Marchers sang, chanted and prayed to bring attention to an epidemic of gun violence in New Orleans, which so far has claimed the lives of more than 100 people in 2023, during a peace walk on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in New Orleans. The Rev. Tyrone Jefferson Jr. led about 100 marchers from the Abundant Life Tabernacle to St. Roch Park.
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Tijh Bell, center, is overcome with emotion as he prays for an end to gun violence during a peace walk on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in New Orleans.
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Makita Wells-Hartford, left, and Kenisha Martin, both of whom have lost a child to gun violence, hug during a peace walk on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in New Orleans.
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The Rev. Tyrone Jefferson Jr. of the Abundant Life Tabernacle, center, leads a peace walk on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in New Orleans.
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People march during a peace walk on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in New Orleans.
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Uraina Brown carries a sign during a peace walk on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in New Orleans.
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