Stanley Freeman Jr. s grandmother and primary caregiver is grateful arrests have been made in connection with the 16-year old s killing but says there is still a long road ahead.
Authorities announced Monday they had arrested two teenage boys in the fatal shooting of Freeman. The two teens, ages 14 and 16, face charges of first-degree murder, said Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen. Knox News is not identifying the suspects because the newspaper typically does not identify juveniles accused of crimes. He was on a path to fulfill so many hopes and dreams, Freeman s grandmother Darlene Ngom said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. We are very thankful for this first step in bringing Stanley’s murderers to justice. We do know there is a long road ahead, but we are praying for very strict sentencing by charging the defendants as adults. We want this very strict sentencing to affect the thinking and actions of others. Strict sentencing will not bring us Stanley
A city unnerved and upset by the fatal shootings of three teenagers since Jan. 27 learned Wednesday morning that a 15-year-old aspiring rap artist had been shot and died overnight.
Jamarion Gillette, who went by the nicknames Lil Dada and Dada, died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after he was discovered shot and brought there Tuesday night , according to family members who spoke Wednesday to Knox News.
Gillette was a talented artist dedicated to improving himself through his music, his family members said. Music was his outlet, his cousin Marshia Gillette told Knox News. That was his comfort zone to speak on his life and what he done seen growing up in the community and being around the community, she said. He was good at it.