'Hear me clearly': mother of Buffalo shooting survivor testifies before Congress – video
The House oversight committee has opened its hearing dubbed the urgent need to address the gun violence epidemic," which is likely to be a gut-wrenching look into the recent spate of mass shootings nationwide.
The first witness was Zeneta Everhart, whose son Zaire Goodman was shot and injured in the racist attack at the Tops Market in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.
She described how the bullets from the AR-15- style rifle used in the shooting exploded in her son's body, leaving shrapnel wounds that she has to clean. My son Zaire has a hole in the right side of his neck, on his back, and another on his left leg caused by an exploding bullet from an AR-15. As I clean his wounds I can feel pieces of that bullet in his back. Shrapnel will be left inside of his body for the rest of his life. Now I want you to picture that exact scenario for one of your children. This should not be your story or mine."
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