A retired social worker who has resided in Tempe for 20 years, 78-year-old Tapscott said New Deal Meal was started after the August arrest of Austin Davis. Serving food to the homeless at Moeur ...

Austin Davis received numerous warnings and citations ... RELATED: Tempe man's picnics for the homeless community lands him in court Davis founded AZ Hugs when he was a student at ASU.

Austin Davis, 26, was fatally shot during an altercation at a convenience store. Photo courtesy of Annisa Davis As the parent of a murdered child killed by senseless gun violence, I could relate ...