and last updated 2021-05-11 19:14:56-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Mothers of children killed in high-profile gun-related homicides say parents need to step in to prevent more gun violence. You cannot stop trying, because there is a community out here that will suffer from your inability to take care of your child and that s unfair to us, said Amber Posey. I have a three-year-old niece who comes to my house and she kisses her pictures because she can t kiss her in person. Those are conversations that I don t know how to have, but it s a conversation that we must have, Posey said.
Man injured in N. Nashville shootout charged in 3-year-old s death
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and last updated 2021-04-15 18:37:24-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro Nashville Police detectives charged 23-year-old Thomas L. Winston Jr. (also known as Thomas L. Mitchell) with criminal homicide in the death of 3-year-old Jamayla Marlowe during a shootout at the Cumberland View public housing development.
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Jamayla Marlowe
Winston Jr. was injured in the shootout Monday night and was charged after being released from the hospital Thursday.
Police say Winston Jr. got to the public housing development Monday night as a large group of people was gathering in a parking lot. As he walked between two buildings, shots were fired from that direction across the parking lot, and at least three people returned fire, according to the MNPD preliminary report.
Little Jamayla Marlowe loved to dress up, often carrying a purse, wearing pink lip gloss and sporting colorful beads in her long, black hair.
She preferred juice with her favorite meal: her great granny s mac and cheese with a side of turnip greens.
She liked a bottle of milk at night before bed. Her mother said her daughter would tell her she didn t care how old she was. My babies were in the car putting their jackets on, grabbing their juice, the girl s 25-year-old mother, Anyetta Marlowe, said. We never got to get out the car. As we were parking, shots went off and my baby was killed in the backseat.