The fatal shooting of a 10-year-old girl has gotten limited media coverage, though the tragedy has broken the hearts of a community in Washington, D.C.
Makiyah Wilson‘s tragic death during a July 16 shooting in Northeast Washington has caused major pain for the child’s relatives, including her uncle Mike D’Angelo. He completed a walk from D.C. to Philadelphia in Wilson’s memory on Wednesday(August 1).
“Kids deserve to live and explore life and blossom into our future leaders, not [get] murdered,” D’Angelo wrote on Instagram. “Love one another, protect one another, educate one another [and] help one another. We all are the same.”
Wilson was walking to an ice cream truck when she was hit with bullets fired by several masked gunmen who jumped out of a car at her Clay Terrace apartment complex. She was struck in the chest, and her mother held her before she was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Several other people were also wounded in the shooting.
Washington, D.C. police are continuing their search for the shooters, seeking the public’s help in their investigation, The Washington Post reported. The motive for the shooting is unknown, and a $45,000 reward has been offered for any tip leading to arrest and conviction in the case.
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3. Charles Weldon, 78
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17. XXXTentacion, 20
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19. Dorothy Cotton, 88
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20. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 74
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21. Dovey Johnson Roundtree, 104
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24. Yvonne Staples, 80
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25. Cecil Taylor, 89
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26. Donald McKayle, 87
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27. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 81
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29. Les Payne, 76
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31. Ensa Cosby, 44
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In 2018, we lost many treasured people in our community, from icons like Aretha Franklin to America's oldest World War II veteran Richard Overton to the untimely death of model Kim Porter. See Also: Kim Porter’s Autopsy Results Revealed As Questions Linger In Model’s Death As the year comes to a close, we say an official goodbye to the many we will miss. Rest in power.
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