Coming up, he's always been very, very mild tempered. He's really, really easygoing. And for someone to actually really cut him short is almost a dagger into the community's heart.

They say that he was like one of those kids that would ask, like, why do people do bad things? Like, why can't people just get along?

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Stan Norwood, who fittingly goes by the nickname nickname Stan the Barber, has been cutting hair at Dennis

Barbershop in New Orleans for 15 years.

I actually got my first hair cut here.

His passion for the job is rooted in the connections he builds.

I went to college, I graduated.

I have two degrees.

But my choice was to come and constantly stay involved

with the people around me to try to be influential. In the wake of the senseless shooting death

of one of his regulars, a 14-year-old named Jemir Alfred, who's remembered as a bright student,

a football player, and a band member. Stan the barber has had a challenge for other barbers.

I'm asking every barber to take the

responsibility to be inspirational and ask questions. Joining us today is Erica Ferrando, a reporter with

WWL TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. Erica, tell me about Stan Norwood. Who is he and how did you first hear about what he's

trying to do in New Orleans? Well, thank you so much for having me on. So Stan Norwood is this

barber in New Orleans. He's been a barber here for years and he actually goes by Stan the

barber. That's what everyone calls him. So he's very, he's very different, I think,

in that he is a barber not just because he wants to cut people's hair. Like, he says that the

reason he's a barber is because he wants to have an impact in his community. So he's one of those

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