Imagine, if you can, being so fiercely committed to equal justice that you'd fight to ensure everyone had access - including the person accused of killing your child.
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Houston attorney s daughter saves lives thanks to organ donations after tragic shooting death KTRK
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A Houston family is turning their heartbreak into the gift of life.
Prominent Houston attorney Chris Tritico s daughter was shot and killed last December, but her death is now helping save lives of others, including one person very close to the Tritico family.
Chris says he always knows what to do. As an attorney, that s his strength.
But when he got the call that his daughter had been shot in Florida, he says he went black and felt helpless.
Maria Tritico and her fiancé were on the beach playing ultimate frisbee on December 6, 2020 when a stray bullet hit Maria in the head.
Woman killed on Singer Island saves life through kidney donation
Nearly three months after Maria Tritico was tragically killed by a stray bullet on Singer Island, her life continues to live on inside Donna Haskins, a longtime family friend and former prosecutor in Houston, Texas.
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SINGER ISLAND, Fla. â Nearly three months after Maria Tritico was tragically killed by a stray bullet on Singer Island, her life continues to live on inside Donna Haskins, a longtime family friend and former prosecutor in Houston, Texas. Organ donors are heroes in every sense of the word, Haskins said. Every morning and every night I say prayers of gratitude for her and for her family. I just want to be a better person because she s with me.
RIVIERA BEACH The first two homicides of 2021 happened this past weekend in the same city in separate shootings, Riviera Beach police confirmed late Tuesday.
On Saturday, 22-year-old Allaysia McDonald was fatally shot shot on the 1000 block of Blue Heron Boulevard, Riviera Beach police said.
Then at 3:35 a.m. Sunday, 19-year-old Joseph Brown was fatally shot while riding his bicycle on the 1600 block of Avenue E, just south of Blue Heron and west of Broadway.
No one had been arrested in either of the fatal shootings as Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Family and friends of McDonald posted comments of heartbreak and disbelief over her death on her public Facebook page. Several said her son turned 2 years old just days prior to the shooting.