BELOIT, Wis. — It will be twelve years in July since Bonnie McAllister first heard about the shooting. She had been sitting on the porch at her neighbor’s home in Beloit when her 24-year-old daughter, LaToya Payton, called from across the road that she was running into town with her boyfriend, Cortez Johnson. That was the last time they talked;.
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More than 50, including families of multiple gun violence victims, were in attendance.
“We want to urge our community to work together, so we can get these murders solved and get justice for them,” said organizer Lexi Payton, whose cousin Chelsey was shot and killed in Beloit in October of 2020. “When she passed, it just felt like this was the only right thing to do – work together.”
Payton, along with co-organizer Vonnie Marshall, invited several community leaders including police Chief Andre Sayles and NAACP President Tia Johnson to speak. Payton says their ultimate goal is to reduce the amount of gun violence in the community, while also getting answers in Chelsey Payton’s death.
By Adam Duxter
May 22, 2021 | 8:55 PM
CITY OF BELOIT, Wis. â Community leaders and community members alike met at Riverside Park in Beloit Saturday evening, to discuss and highlight the need to end recent gun violence.
More than 50, including families of multiple gun violence victims, were in attendance.
âWe want to urge our community to work together, so we can get these murders solved and get justice for them,â said organizer Lexi Payton, whose cousin Chelsey was shot and killed in Beloit in October of 2020. âWhen she passed, it just felt like this was the only right thing to do â work together.â