Precious Lives

Stories about kids, guns and how to stop the violence. Precious Lives, created by 371 Productions, is a 2-year, 100-part weekly radio series about gun violence and young people in the Milwaukee area. The series applies a public health lens to each story to help listeners understand the full scope of the problem: who are the victims and the shooters; how are the weapons obtained; and what can we change about the environment that contributes to violence in Milwaukee?

#008 Precious Lives: Like Father, Like Son

WUWM 89.7 FM

Published March 3, 2015 at 10:53 AM CST

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Reverend Leondis Fuller lost all three of his sons to gun violence over a nine year period, within a nine block radius in Milwaukee.

Calvin Mattheis for the Journal Sentinel

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Reverend Leondis Fuller addresses the crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church at an end of year vigil honoring every homicide victim in 2014.

Calvin Mattheis for the Journal Sentinel

Over a nine year period, Reverend Leondis Fuller lost all three of his sons to gun violence.

Since the death of his last son, he launched a program aimed at preparing estranged fathers to reconnect with their children.

To learn more about Reverend Fuller’s 13 week fatherhood program, visit PreciousLivesProject.org.