Family of gun violence victim speaks to legislators in support of two bills
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-Memphis) invited Artemis Rayford’s family to Nashville to testify before two General Assembly committees. Hardaway is sponsoring two bills targeting gang members. (Ian Round/Daily Memphian)
The grandmother and aunts of Artemis Rayford, a Memphis boy killed at home by a stray bullet on Christmas day, woke up at 3:30 a.m. yesterday to drive to Nashville.
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Rep. G.A. Hardaway gun violenceIan Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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