The year 2022 is one Johnny Ford will never forget.

"Everybody was screaming and yelling and I'm still standing up I'm getting ready to read the committal to put the young man in the ground and then I heard somebody scream out, 'They shot me.' And then it was some other guns coming down so I hit the ground.

Ford lived to tell his story.

Just minutes after a shooting during a funeral in Racine, Johnny stood up, off the ground and continued what he said God called him to do.

"One of the young ladies asked me she said, "Pastor Johnny, can we still bury my cousin? And one of the police officers said no you can't do that but I knew one of the police officers and he said Johnny how long would it take? I said about three minutes so he fanned the guy off and he let us continue," he said. "I put my hand on the coffin and there was three bullets that had hit the top of the coffin that if I wouldn't of hit the ground they would've hit me in the gut. I might not be here today."

Read more about Ford and his efforts to end youth violence here: https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/...

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