SIDE
SIDE OF
SIDE OF TH4@E STORY. >> BUT FIRST WE BEGIN ON THIS
THURSDAY, TWO CHILDREN SHOT.
A 4-YEAR-OLD STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. AN 18-YEAR-OLD HI4@GH SCHOOL
GRADUATE DEAD.
GRADUATE DEAD. >> THE CRIMES THEMSELVES
UNRELATED BUT THE FAMILIES ARE
CONNECTED IN THEIR GRIEF OVER
WHAT THEY 4@CALL SENSELESS
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. >> HE TOOK THE LIFE OUT OF 4@ME
.
.
. >>
. >> TONIGHT, WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE AS THE COMMUNITIES
RALLY AROUND THESE FAMILIES
PLEADING TO THE GUNMAN TO COME
FORWARD AND FOR THIS VIOLENCE
TO STOP.
TO STOP.
TO STOP. >> WE BEGIN 4@WITH NAIMA ABDULA
>> A YOUNG LIFE GONE SO SOON BY
A STRAY BULLET THAT CAME
THROUGH HER BE4@DROOM WHILE SHE
WAS SLEEPING.
WAS SLEEPING. FAMILY MEMBERS OUT HERE FOR
HOUR4@S WONDERING HOW AND WHY
SOMETHING LIKE 4@THIS COULD
HAPPEN WANTING JUSTICE FOR
THEIR LITTLE GIRL.
>> LONG BEFORE 4@SUNRISE THEY
CALLED OUT THE NAMES.
PRAYING THAT JESSICA DANIELS
WOULD WAKE UP FROM THIS
NIGHTMARE.
NIGHTMARE. BUT THE STRAY BULLET THAT CAME
THROUGH HER BEDROOM ENDED HER
LIFE AT JUST 18 4@YEARS OLD.
.
.
. >>
. >> HER
. >> HER GRANDFATHER WHO WAS
INSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME IS
NOW HAUNTED REPLAYING WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> I RUN UP STAIRS AND THEN I
HEARD MY DAUGHTER SAY JESSICA
GOT SHOULD THE.
>> THE PAIN OF THE 4@BULLET IS
LEFT BEHIND.
LEFT BEHIND. ALL FROM THE SHOOTOUT AT THE
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> THERE 4@WAS AT LEAST TWO
SHOOTERS IN AN EXCHANGE OF
GUNFIRE IN THE STREETS.
>> UNRAVELLED ARRANGED THEIR
HOME ON RIVER RIDGE DRIVE IN
SOUTHWEST ATLANTA, 4@ASKING WHY
HOW, WHO?
HOW, WHO?
HOW, WHO? SHARING WITH US THEIR HEART
FELT PLEA FOR ANSWERS.
>> SO 4@IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHI
SEEN ANYTHING, PLEASE STEP
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> JESSICA A GRADUATE OF SOUTH
ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL.
>> SHE 4@WAS VERY FUNNY, SH4@E
VERY SMART.
VERY SMART. >> SHE PLANNED ONGOING TO A JOB
INTERVIEW WHEN SHE WOKE UP.
NOW HER FAMILY IS PLANNING HER
FUNERAL.
FUNERAL.
FUNERAL. >> AND I'M NOT GOING TO REST
UNTIL SOMEBODY LET ME KNOW
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. >> THE REWARD IN BOTH OF THESE @
CASES ARE GROWING TONIGHT.
APD 4@IS OFFERING $8,000.
DEKALB IS 4@OF4@FERING 5,000 TO
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION LEADING
TO THAT LITTLE GIRL'S DEATH. 4@
YOU'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. JUST AN 4@AWFUL DAY FOR THEM?
>> IT'S AN AWFUL DAY AND
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO WRAP
THEIR HEADS AROUND WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING WHILE
MOST PEOPLE 4@SLEPT NEIGHBORS A
EAST LAKE VILLAGE APARTMENT OFF
OF CHANDLER ROAD WOKE UP TO A
FAMILIAR YET UNSETTLING SOUND.
FOUR FIVE GUNSHOTS BACK TO BACK
TO BACK.
TO BACK.
TO BACK. THAT'S WHAT FOLKS IN EASTWOOD
SAY THEY HEARD.
POLICE SAY ONE OF THOSE STRAY
BULLETS HIT THE LITTLE GIRL IN
HER FOOT AS SHE SLEPT.
A NEIGHBOR WHO DID NOT WANT TO
SHOW HER FA4@CE ON CAMERA SHE
SUSPECTS SHE SAW THE MAN WHO
FIRED.
FIRED.
FIRED. >>
FIRED. >> I LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW
AND SAW TWO BLACK MALES RUNNING
UP THE HILL HERE AND SHORTLY
AFTER NOTICING THE TWO 4@BLACK
MALES THEY PARTED WAYS.
ONE WENT UP HERE THE OTHER UP
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> NOW THE NEIGHBORS SAY THEY
THEN SAW A GRAY 4@DODGE JOURNEY
SPEED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT
WITH ITS LIGHTS OFF.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON
AT 6:00.
AT 6:00.
AT 6:00. McKENZIE'S FAMILY TELLS US AND
NEIGHBORS