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Shooter still wanted a year later following the deaths of LeQuan Boyd, Ashlynn Luckett
“If we could bring all our solutions together maybe we can stop some of this madness,” said community activist Stevie Moore. Author: Rebecca Butcher Updated: 10:26 PM CST January 22, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn It’s been one year since the shooting deaths of Ashylnn Luckett and LeQuan Boyd, their family is still searching for answers.
The death of any loved one is tragic. But the death of a child is especially hard to grapple with.
16-year-old Boyd and his niece 6-year-old Luckett were killed inside their Hickory Hill home in what police call a possible driveby.
Over 6,000 arrests were made across nine cities during the Department of Justice’s Operation Legend, created to crack down on skyrocketing violent crime fueled by the global COVID-19 pandemic and widespread civil unrest.
Since the operation’s launch in July, the DOJ has seized over 2,600 firearms, more than 32 kilos of heroin and 17 fentanyl, over 300 kilos of methamphetamine and 135 kilos of cocaine, as well as more than $11 million in “drug and other illicit proceeds,” according to a Department of Justice press release.
Of the more than 6,000 arrests, 467 were for homicide and nearly 1,500 were charged with federal crimes. The DOJ said 815 defendants were charged for firearms-related crimes and 566 for drug offenses.