Bogalusa's Struggle Against Gun Violence - Dallas Weekly

Bogalusa's Struggle Against Gun Violence - Dallas Weekly

Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of New Orleans, 19-year-old Tajdryn Forbes was shot to death near his mother’s house. She found Forbes face down in the street in August 2023, two weeks before he had planned to move away from the empty storefronts, boarded-up houses, and poverty that make this one of the most troubled places in the nation. Naketra Guy thought about how her son overcame …