‘When her son was killed, God gave her a purpose’: Pittsburgh gun-violence opponent Valerie Dixon dies at 63

  • June 6, 2024
‘When her son was killed, God gave her a purpose’: Pittsburgh gun-violence opponent Valerie Dixon dies at 63

The shooting death of her son, Robby, at age 22 in 2001 changed the trajectory of Valerie Dixon’s life and led her to become a stalwart opponent of gun violence.

For more than 20 years, Valerie Dixon was a fixture in Pittsburgh’s fight against gun violence.

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