If the Allen shooting memorial can have a mayor, it would be Cheryl Jackson, affectionately known by both volunteers and visitors as “Action Jackson.”
told her he took care of his grandmother. She wonders who will take care of her now.
When someone is badly hurting, Jackson simply opens her arms and lets them fall in. She is praying for them, she says. The world is praying for them.and visits the memorial daily. “Somebody has to listen to these stories, and she’s bearing that burden.” Robert Jackson comforts his mother Cheryl Jackson of Allen, as she breaks down in tears while arranging flowers at the memorial outside of the Allen Premium Outlets mall honoring the victims of a mass shooting, Monday, May 8, 2023 in Allen. A gunman fatally shot eight people and wounded seven others Saturday at the mall before being killed by a police officer.
Once the memorial quiets down, Jackson wants to write a guide to help other cities cope with the aftermath of mass shootings. There is no playbook for this, she said, and it’s going to happen again. Jackson already wonders what happens next. In a couple of days, the news cameras will disappear. The number of visitors will dwindle. The country won’t forget, but it will move on. It always does, she said.Allen will be left to figure out how to move forward, she said. For now, Jackson remains here, straightening teddy bears and praying with strangers.Thursday afternoon, a young woman approached the memorial.
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