Londen Blake made her first public remarks since her oldest child was killed by a D.C. resident who police say shot the youth after hearing him break into cars.
around 4 a.m. on Jan. 7. As the grieving mother, in a black beret and sunglasses, wobbled slightly and drew deep breaths, almost a minute went by before she was able to speak.
In a meeting room at the Cochran Firm in downtown D.C., she wore a pendant with the word “SON,” and inside the “O” was a tiny photo of Karon, who was a seventh-grader and the oldest of four siblings.“Everybody is, like, ‘What is he doing out at 4 a.m.?’” Blake said. “Like, would you all feel better if it was at 4 p.m.? A crime is a crime, and that’s just that. He took my baby, my firstborn. And it’s messed up.” She added: “I’ve got to live with it. But I really hope I get justice for my child.
Lewis, who has been placed on leave from his $75,000-a-year job with the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, surrendered to police Tuesday after being charged in the case. He is being held in the D.C. jail pending a preliminary hearing later this month. While authorities say Karon was unarmed and that the shooting was unjustified, Lewis’s attorney said in a statement, “The public will see, no crime was committed here.”In an affidavit filed in D.C.
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