Backpack-collection drive honors son killed by gang member

Ayanna and Louis Brown are again collecting backpacks and school supplies to give to kids in their Skyway neighborhood. The now yearly collection drive and giveaway is in honor of their son Alajawan, who was 12 when he was fatally shot by a gang member.

It’s been five years since 12-year-old Alajawan Brown was fatally shot in the back by a gang member who mistook him for a rival.

For his parents, Ayanna and Louis Brown, the pain of losing their youngest child remains as raw now as when Alajawan was gunned down in April 2010 after stepping off a Metro bus in Skyway a couple miles from home. His killer is serving a 50-year prison sentence.

“It’s been five years and it still hurts. It’s as fresh…