justice more than seven years after 20
year-old Khalil McCoy was shot and
killed while she was riding with friends
in Arlington a jury awarded 495 million
dollars to her family for intentional
stress and punitive damages they plan to
have a statue placed where the 20 year
olds body was left joining me this
morning to discuss the emotional process
as McCoy's mother
Lynette Roebuck her brother Adil and of
course a local attorney John Phillips
who represented the family in the
wrongful death lawsuit good morning to
all of you thank you for being here when
you heard the jury's decision what was
your reaction he's still numb still kind
of Numb but it was it was shocking and a
surprise and it was overwhelming very
overwhelming speechless I wish I could
have my sister back and John mm this was
obviously very emotional for you this
has been emotional for this family for
the last seven almost eight years why
was it why did you think you'd be
successful this is unusual in that the
people involved are in prison well not
all of them this was a my hairy friend
you know in Jacksonville knows we've
been on this mission since since Khalil
died since Jordan Davis died and and
we've got to find a way to handle gun
violence it happened again last night
and and so this we charged the jury with
being able to send a message and do
something on a civil perspective one of
these guys fancies himself as an NFL
star one day well if if he does guess
who's gonna be there waiting Khalil and
so it was more than we asked for the
jury understood that there was a civic
obligation to try to curb it here in
Jacksonville and we're so thankful for
them and in terms of the details I mean
how does this work particularly I mean
that the jury awarded most you know from
Frederick Wade who was in prison ha what
are the chances of being able to really
get some sizeable
amount of money for this family
considering their law collection
attorneys will will do what collection
attorneys do right we hang the numbers
they collect them so I will all of that
will be determined but whether it's
whether whether the family sees ten
dollars or ten million dollars or one
hundred nine Italy nobody in
Jacksonville can pay a half billion
dollar verdict we're aware but guess
what if if if now people know that the
criminal justice system is waiting for
them and the civil justice system is
waiting for them
maybe they'll call CrimeStoppers after a
crime maybe they'll do something to be
more responsible if they know justice is
beyond full and fair in Jacksonville
Florida is that what you hope to will
this somehow make someone who considers
pulling a gun out and shooting someone
maybe take a second thought to think
that maybe that person or their entire
family could then be held responsible
not just emotionally but also
financially yes I really believe that we
have this in a message we have to send a
message I mean what I don't really
understand is how do you think you could
take a life and then not really pay for
the crime
like what with the young man the young
guy that killed my daughter I don't even
want to say his name because he doesn't
get that from me he murdered her I was
happy when he had life but now he has 45
years so I'm still not happy with that
but Mike Khalil said she said that she
will hunt him for the rest of his life
she said that for all of them this is a
good way to hunt you but if I have one
do-over Chen if I have one do-over
I would ask God to allow her to call me
again so I could tell her don't go out
because you're gonna be lied to and
that's gonna lead to your death I mean
these were friends I don't I don't call
them friends because of rarely not yes
we thought they were she thought that
they would protect her and not harm her
he knows are the very ones that harmed
her and did not protect her they took
her body and they threw it like trash
but you posed to be her friend they
don't even get that from me they're not
friends they were animals friends don't
do friends like that a friend protects
cover keeps ideal when you think about
your twin sister
I've seen these pictures for almost
eight years what abused sister you had
that smile how do you remember her her
smile
it's her smile and just her voice you
know we were twins and we still are so
I'm I'm the male version of her she's a
female version of me I I see my sister
in my sleep I wake up I can smell like I
hear a voice Oh squeaky voice you know
like we make up games and stuff like
that like the toy in connection is is so
close and it's crazy you know I think
about her all the time and a lot of
people don't understand some made but
it's kind of hard and somebody not as -
it's very hard it's I really really
really really missing my sister no price
can put anything to bring my sister back
I already have my sister here with me
and and when it is this moving forward
how you know it doesn't bring her back
how do you how do you go on well to be
honest with you by the grace of God
that's the only way I can go on but can
i really go on really but to be honest
with you I moved to California have
Khalil McCoy dance studio I have the
Colombo koi office we also have the
Khalil McCoy we have t-shirts called
my heart still bleeds purple so it's
like everybody is moving on with their
life and I'm looking at all her friends
I graduated with her and everybody's
doing good and everyone is prospering
and doing great things but I don't get
that I don't get to see my daughter my
puta mama I don't get to see her dance
like she wanted to cuz she would have
been a fantastic dancer yeah I don't I
don't get to see that I don't get to see
her have an engagement ring on her
finger to get married I don't get to see
her little kid
running around I don't get to see how
her kids call me Nana I don't get that
but everybody else they get to see their
kids or that you know they get to have
their life I don't get that and then
this amount of money it can't take the
place of a life you you took something
from me and now I'm always gonna have an
emptiness in my heart it's hard to just
go on and people always tell me you know
what Lynette it's going to get easier
you know what I tell them no it's not my
days are just getting shorter it's never
going to get easy for me that's it
so if you never lost a child you just
can't say that because you think I don't
want to hear that the truth of the
matter is my days are getting shorter
and every day is harder because I'm
facing the fact my daughter got taken
from me because of a lie that's it
that's it I'm so sorry for your loss
I'm sorry thank you for being here thank
you for sharing my story about your
daughter I appreciate it John thank you