By Swallehe Msuya

North Minneapolis has a reputation of heinous crimes, some committed by teenagers. Mary Johnson, a resident of this location had her 20 year-old son gunned down by a 16 year-old boy over a trivial misunderstanding in a dance hall!

Mary is a spiritual person and has found solace in coming to terms with reality by seeing the offender who murdered her only son as “her spiritual son”. She has since founded two support groups named “From Death to Life” and “Two Mothers Healing”.