Armani Floyd would’ve been bundled up and handing out turkeys alongside his father in Roseland on Wednesday to families in need ahead of Thanksgiving.

Though Armani, 14, was killed in one of two shootings in the Loop last week that left eight other teens wounded, his father felt his son was present spiritually as he handed out more than 50 turkeys.

“Armani was missed. ... But we were happy to be able to give back to the community,” Ulysses Floyd Sr., head of Organizing Leaders Inc., said Thursday afternoon. “Even though he wasn’t present physically, he was present spiritually.”

The pain of losing his child to the type of violence they both worked to prevent was still fresh for Floyd, but organizing the giveaway and “staying busy knowing [Armani’s] watching me” helps him endure his griev

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