The shooting occurred at the corner of 445 East 146th Street on the corner of Willis Avenue around 3 p.m while Santiago and her son were returning from the laundromat. Santiago pushed her son up the stairs of their building, but was felled by shots before she could make it up the stairs herself.
Members of the local anti-violence organization Million Mom March gathered for a vigil to honor Santiago on September 30, along with community residents and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
“Our elected officials, police department and community leaders must continue to work together in the difficult fight to control the use of illegal guns in our streets,” Diaz said.
The Million Mom March holds a rally annually to commemorate victims of violence in and around Mott Haven. Over 400 marchers attended the 2009 rally last March to draw attention to the violence that continues to claim lives, much of it at the hands of young people with illegally-owned handguns.
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