Fayetteville city councilwoman Courtney Banks-Mclaughlin turns her daughter’s tragic death into an endowment to help other. Investigators say 15-year-old Coryonna Young was shot and killed by another teen on Maitland Drive in October of 2022. 

In May of 2023… the city councilwoman told me she didn’t want to let her daughter’s death be in vain. So… this week… she established a memorial endowment through the Cumberland Community Foundation. Banks-McLaughlin serves on the Governor's Crime Commission task force while advocating against ghost guns… the type of weapon that was used to kill her daughter.