Name: Family desperate for answers after mother of 2 killed in Lawrenceville
Brand: fox5atlanta.com
SKU: fox5atlanta-com-31
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Family desperate for answers after mother of 2 killed in Lawrenceville

preview

Family desperate for answers after mother of two killed in Lawrenceville. A family is desperate for answers after a woman was shot and killed inside a Lawrenceville apartment on Monday.&nbsp; Gwinnett County Police are still searching for the person responsible for shooting and killing Shamecia Byrd.&nbsp; Teairra Byrd, Shameica Byrd's sister, said she got a call from her 13-year-old niece early Tuesday morning.&nbsp;"When I answered the phone she told me that her mom was dead," Byrd said. "I was like are you saying 'Mommy?' 'Yes, my mommy. Mommy is laying here dead. They shot her.'"&nbsp;According to Gwinnett County police, someone shot into the apartment just before midnight.&nbsp; Byrd said the stray bullet struck and killed her sister who was lying in bed.&nbsp;The three others inside the apartment,&nbsp;including her two kids, were not hurt.&nbsp;Byrd said she had just talked to her sister earlier that night.&nbsp; Advertisement "Just a regular conversation. We hung up and I text her, goodnight, I love you. And she responded at 10:42 goodnight,&nbsp;love you more," Byrd said.&nbsp;Byrd tells FOX 5 her sister was a devoted mother of two, full of life, and&nbsp;giving.&nbsp;"It's very hard to process it that you can't even get ready for bed, go to bed in your own home without something like that happening," Byrd said.&nbsp;Now, her son and daughter&nbsp;will grow up without their mother by their side and her family has the difficult&nbsp;job of saying goodbye.&nbsp;&nbsp;"You don't expect to have to plan your sister's service at such a young age. she was only 35 and she had so much to give to the world."&nbsp; &nbsp;Police are still searching for the person responsible and the Byrd family is pleading anyone with information to please speak up.&nbsp;"I would like everyone to consider, what if it was your sister, or your daughter, your friend. Just consider&nbsp;any information, any valuable information," Byrd said.&nbsp;&nbsp;Crime Stoppers is already offering a reward for information but the family said they're adding to that amount.&nbsp; &nbsp;If you have any information, please call the police or crime stoppers with any information.&nbsp;A has been set up to help the family.&nbsp;

Family desperate for answers after mother of two killed in Lawrenceville. A family is desperate for answers after a woman was shot and killed inside a Lawrenceville apartment on Monday.&nbsp; Gwinnett County Police are still searching for the person responsible for shooting and killing Shamecia Byrd.&nbsp; Teairra Byrd, Shameica Byrd's sister, said she got a call from her 13-year-old niece early Tuesday morning.&nbsp;"When I answered the phone she told me that her mom was dead," Byrd said. "I was like are you saying 'Mommy?' 'Yes, my mommy. Mommy is laying here dead. They shot...

public

Janice Yu

fox5atlanta.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Family desperate for answers after mother of 2 killed in Lawrenceville

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS