Tammy Williams, whose son Trevor Irby was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting in 2019, tells NBC Bay Area when she saw the images from the Buffalo mass shooting over the weekend, she was forced to relive the nightmare.
“It breaks my heart. It’s just awful. I feel bad. I feel like the same day I got the call I lost my son. It’s just heartbreaking. You feel for these people, who aren’t going to see their loved ones ever again,” she said.
Irby was just 25 years old when he was killed. Williams said that she feels like there is an infinite loop of mass shootings and they won’t stop until more attention is focused on mental health.“Enough is enough. We need to stop this inhumane barbaric activity of violence in this nation,” he said. Williams said that her son was known for his kindness and respect for everyone and says that mindset is critical to stopping mass shootings.
“It’s a cycle that needs to be broken. It's a talk that every household should have, that there is no race. It should be just the human race,” she said.