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Police said the man was shot by his mother, but it s unknown if she was in custody or would be charged. Right now we are currently investigating to find out what exactly caused the domestic dispute, Miami-Dade Police Maj. Ignacio Alvarez said.
Sources told NBC 6 that a federal corrections officer lives at the home and is married to an assistant chief with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. The parties inside the residence have been identified as Mrs. Atoya Holmes and Mr. Arthur Holmes, who are the mother and stepfather of Mr. Lance McCoy, the MDPD said in a statement. At this time, investigators are attempting to determine all the details surrounding this incident.
Anti-violence activist demands more be done as Miami-Dade shootings continue
MIAMI (WFOR) A Miami-Dade community activist is speaking out about the rise in gun violence, calling for more to be done as innocent children keep getting caught in the crossfire.
Just this weekend, there was a shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade 7-Eleven that injured two men and a 7-year-old.
This is the second shooting involving a child in the past few weeks.
Just two weeks ago, 6-year-old Chassidy Saunders was killed while playing at a birthday party.
Police said she was gunned down behind the burger king on NW 6th Place and 55th Avenue. That shooting also left two adults injured.
We have our own pandemic : Local anti-violence leader frustrated as Philadelphia nears 500 homicides on the year
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This includes the struggle to solve these homicides, along with the challenges posed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. I don t want blood on anyone s hands, to go retaliate. I myself have already forgiven, said Emmanuel Kitchen, speaking to those who gathered outside his home on Wednesday night. .
His daughter, 24-year-old Ebony Kitchen, was killed earlier in the week.
She worked for The School District of Philadelphia delivering food for the children. The last thing she said to me at five o clock was: I love you Mom, before she left out my door, said Ebony s mother Angela Sears.
testimony, what? probation? sometimes you ve got to go to people like that to get that information. and i see mark standing over her putting the silicone inside. yes. what exactly was he doing what you saw him? injecting the syringe, whatever was in the syringe inside of her buttocks. and where was the defendant? the man first charged as a co-defendant was now an invaluable prosecution eyewitness. williams told the jury he saw mark hawkins pumping silicone into vera lawrence the night she died. but the prosecutor also knew his star witness credibility would be ripped on cross-examination because of his plea agreement. a condition of your probation, number one, not to break any laws, correct? exactly. and also you are to give truthful testimony. exactly. when called to a courtroom? yes, i am. in fact, if you violate that plea agreement, what happens? i will be arrested. vera lawrence s daughter, tangela sears, suffered through all of the sordid details abo