After a shooting left him paralyzed, a Raleigh man is working to change gun violence in his community.
It’s been almost a year since Howard Boone was shot, leaving him bound to a wheelchair and breathing through a ventilator.
“It’s a day-to-day progress,” said Boone.
The college student is recovering from a South Carolina shooting that happened nearly a year ago on March 18.
Saturday, he held a kickball tournament at Jaycee Park to raise awareness about gun violence and change the minds of young ones.
“Gun violence is something that’s not really talked about every day, but it is also a big topic on a day-to-day basis,” Boone said.
Friends, family and supporters came together to hear the message.
“I expected a certain amount of people but when you actually see the people that actually come it’s kind of overwhelming a little bit,” he said.
Kidron Deal also showed up from South Carolina.
“I really wanted to meet Howard and his family,” Deal said.
Deal told CBS 17 a change needs to happen. A bullet also hit him that night as a bystander.
“It’s something that needs to be done,” Deal said. “Besides that shooting, gun violence goes on every day so to have someone trying to help people and advance them to see that they can do better is a good thing.”
Boone doesn’t know how much longer he’ll be in a wheelchair, but he’s counting his blessings.
“Don’t take life for granted because life can definitely change with in the blink of an eye,” Boone said.
