[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 120 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9596-S9597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, it has been more than a year since the 
Columbine tragedy, but still this Congress refuses to act on sensible 
gun legislation.
  Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have been killed by gunfire. 
Until we act, Democrats in the Senate will read the names of some of 
those who have lost their lives to gun violence in the past year, and 
we will continue to do so every day that the Senate is in session.
  In the name of those who died, we will continue this fight. Following 
are the names of some of the people who were killed by gunfire one year 
ago today.
  October 2, 1999:
  Dian Bailey, 29, Detroit, MI;
  Charles L. Coron, 52, New Orleans, LA;
  Joanel Facouloute, 46, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Filiberto Gamez, 21, Chicago, IL;
  Lucretia Henderson, 13, Kansas City, MO;
  Kenneth Holland, 39, Louisville, KY;
  Leroy L. Lee, 31, Chicago, IL;
  George Morris, 24, Washington, DC;
  Hugo Najero, 15, San Antonio, TX;
  Majid Radee, 30, Detroit, MI;
  Edison Robinson, 25, Detroit, MI;
  Harold Swan, 37, Louisville, KY;
  Richard Thomas, 30, Philadelphia, PA;
  Ruben Trevino, Jr., 46, Houston, TX;
  Unidentified male, 17, Portland, OR.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned, 13-year-old Lucretia 
Henderson of Kansas City, Missouri, was shot and killed while riding in 
a car with her cousin and two friends. Lucretia was killed when her two 
friends in the backseat began playing with a handgun.
  Following are the names of some of the people who were killed by 
gunfire one year ago on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  September 29, 1999:
  Jeffrey Dowell, 38, Philadelphia, PA;
  Jose Escalante, 19, Philadelphia, PA;
  Louis Grant, 17, Baltimore, MD;
  James Heyden, 23, Detroit, MI;
  Jose Martinez, 16, Houston, TX;
  Tracey Massey, 25, Charlotte, NC;

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  Ismael Mena, 45, Denver, CO;
  Antoine Moffett, 19, Chicago, IL;
  Michael Rivera, 24, Philadelphia, PA;
  Alexander Williams, 30, St. Louis, MO;
  Christopher Worsley, 46, Atlanta, GA.
  September 30, 1999:
  William C. Benton, 46, Memphis, TN;
  Ziyad Brown, 22, Baltimore, MD;
  Carl D. Budenski, 84, New Orleans, LA;
  John Cowling, 27, Detroit, MI;
  Jason Curtis, 17, San Antonio, TX;
  Ellen Davis, 74, Houston, TX;
  Benacio Ortiz, 31, Chicago, IL;
  Rovell Young, 35, Detroit, MI.
  October 1, 1999:
  Giles E. Anderson, 35, Hollywood, FL;
  Terry Tyrone Dooley, 40, New Orleans, LA;
  Vernon Hill, 62, Denver, CO;
  Leroy Kranford, 67, Detroit, MI;
  Michael Pendergraft, 43, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Michael Preddy, 32, Minneapolis, MN;
  Carmen Silayan, Daly City, CA;
  James Stokes, 27, Washington, DC;
  Joanne Suttons, 35, Detroit, MI.
  We cannot sit back and allow such senseless gun violence to continue. 
The deaths of these people are a reminder to all of us that we need to 
enact sensible gun legislation.

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