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Good morning. My name is Andy Kahn, I’m director of victim, Services
Crime Stoppers of Houston.
I wish we wouldn’t didn’t have to be here today.
But we’re coming on
the almost one year anniversary
of this
brutal
cold-blooded murder.
Of 25 year old mother
disha Allen.
Alicia’s young daughter.
Kennedy
her mother
everybody here family
friends.
This was such a cold-blooded
senseless
murder
of people that were there stood there
to commemorate
another person
whose life was taken.
Thirteen other people.
Shot.
How this didn’t become
a mass murder
is by the grace of God.
Sadly,
they should was the one that paid the ultimate price.
With her life.
Right now.
Crime Stoppers
has an up to a ten thousand dollar
reward
for any information
leading up to the arrest of the suspect and
or
suspects responsible
for this hideous.
Crime.
We know
that there is somebody out there.
Who knows? Who is responsible for this? There’s
no if ands or buts about this.
We know somebody out there knows.
And it’s time for you to step up to the plate
and
do the right thing
by contacting Crime Stoppers
and you can do it.
You can contact us at 7 1, 3
2 2 2 T IPS
you can submit a tip online.
Www.crimeamedicalacademy.com,
we even have a mobile app available in Over 20
Languages,
and you will remain anonymous.
No one will know
who you are
and right now
we’re giving you up to 10,000 Reasons.
Why
to contact
us and give this family?
The answers that they sorely lasc.
As a board member of parents of murdered children
and surviving family. Members a homicide, I can
unequivocally tell you that grief is intensified
when
Justice is lacking
in right now.
Justice is lacking.
For disha,
her family,
her friends in the entire Community here.
So
Step Up,
do what you need to do best because the public
is our best eyes and ears out there,
and I’m going to switch microphones
right now.
For me.
And I’m going to let you
take this because I will
take the wrong one off and
you can leave ours on. Yeah,
okay.
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With the mic is on the outside, or what?
Okay, and then pocket.
Good.
My name is Liana. Good. Oh,
and I am here because
almost a year ago,
my daughter’s life
died. Shay
was snatched
away from us
while she attended
a balloon, release
supporting a friend that had lost a loved one.
She left behind.
A daughter
Kennedy
who will be six years old?
December, the 18th.
It’s funny.
I don’t know if God has a sense of humor. I think he does because
you
know, one week
I lost my daughter
and then the next week
is my granddaughter’s birthday.
I don’t have anything
to celebrate on the 12th.
This is my way
of
acknowledging
that
my daughter was murdered.
The case is still unsolved and I will
not sleep until someone is found to be
held accountable
for
not only
taking the life of my daughter
but there were 13 other people that were shot.
They need to be held accountable
for those that they other people that they wounded to,
and
For all of these people
to be wounded, they should feel like they want
to
advocate for justice for themselves to to
hold somebody
accountable for what happened to them because it was a traumatic
experience in all of us.
I know I wasn’t even there
and
I
going through trauma
because of what happened to my daughter and my family. So I know
that they are experiencing trauma. Two.
But this is a large community
and
people
there’s always eyes and ears open. There’s always somebody watching
and I am here today to say
that we need help,
we need to help with the community. We need
whatever little information, you may happen to know.
We need you to come forward with the please
Kennedy
will go
the remainder of her life.
You know, she’s had pivotal
Moments.
Since her mother’s death,
little things
that are big things to us, Kennedy has accomplished
and
the fact that
Her mom.
Hasn’t been there
to see those things.
It hurts me.
But then again,
it encourages me
to keep pushing
Kennedy
to become as independent as possible.
My daughter had a journal,
several journals,
And every day she would write in these journals.
That she’s grateful
for Kennedy walking.
She’s grateful for Kennedy, talking.
She’s grateful for Kennedy to be able to sit up on her own.
She’s grateful for her friends and for her family for her siblings.
And she prayed for people
and that’s the kind of person that you didn’t know that she was
internally.
And so
I have to go.
On and look at those things
and say, okay,
baby.
I know
that you’re here with me in spirit
and I’m going to do my best.
To let you see everything
that you have faith, that you
will see, Kennedy do,
and it’s just a shame.
That
she’s not here.
It’s a shame. It saddens me
that she is not here
and that no one has been held accountable
Thank
you,
any questions?
And you want to just tell everybody what we’re going to be doing here today.
Today,
family and friends have gathered here.
We are going to be going out into
the community. We have are going out into four areas
to
distribute Flyers.
You know,
making people aware
that this
crime
is still unsolved and we
need the help.
We will be going into the area where the shooting happened.
In
the area that the car was found
and two other communities that are close by.
So that’s what we are doing. And it’s just an effort
you know to put our feet out there
on the ground because you can do a lot of talking
but you have to do in cases like this, it’s unfortunate
that families have to get out on the ground and do the
work
to
keep
the story
alive
and
make people aware that
we will not sleep.
We will not rest
until
some form of justice
is served at Shea.
Thank you,
appreciate it. Thanks.