Grenda Smith, center, speaks at a June 11 vigil in Abner Clay Park for her son, Renzo Dell Smith, who was killed in front of the Altria Theater with his stepson, Shawn Jackson, following Huguenot High School’s graduation. Charles Willis, left, founder of United Communities Against Crime, shows his support for the grieving family.
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Charles Willis, the ‘first responder to first responders’, continues decades of community advocacy
On Tuesday, June 6, Charles Willis was on Cowardin Avenue going to get dinner when he saw police cars racing across the Lee Bridge toward Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus. He knew something was wrong.
