IL IL- Jeremiah Moore, 7, Fatally shot in his car seat when family ambushed by shooting from red Dodge Charger & other vehicles, Chicago, 12 July 2022

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7-year-old Jeremiah Moore shot to death in family’s van — weeks after he was at a downtown protest over gun violence against children

The boy was shot and killed around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday near the 3500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana, police said. No arrests have been made.

chicago.suntimes.com

“He was a wonderful kid. [He] loved Fortnite, loved his PlayStation 5, loved to play video games with his father,” Bey said. “He was with Communities United and they were just downtown a month, maybe two months ago, protesting against kids being killed by gun violence.

“He loved school, loved sports, loved football,” Bey said, adding that Moore was “the best of friends” with his 10-year-old brother, Eli. “[He was] just an all-around good 7-year-old kid who didn’t get a chance at life because someone took his life for no reason.”

Mother seeks justice for unsolved 2022 fatal shooting of 7-year-old son in East Chicago

An East Chicago mothers hopes there will soon be justice for her murdered 7-year-old son as she pushes to get authorities to take a fresh look at the cold case.

abc7chicago.com

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Ollie Holiness hopes there will soon be justice for her murdered 7-year-old son Jeremiah Moore as she pushes to get authorities to take a fresh look at the cold case.

"I hope to like wake up the neighbors and see who knows something," Holiness said. "Somebody knows something."

Dec 7 2023​

Mother seeks justice for unsolved 2022 fatal shooting of 7-year-old son in East Chicago

An East Chicago mothers hopes there will soon be justice for her murdered 7-year-old son as she pushes to get authorities to take a fresh look at the cold case.

abc7chicago.com

''Thursday afternoon, with the help of crisis responder Andrew Holmes and Case Files Chicago's Lisette Guillen, a group of the concerned residents canvassed the East Chicago, Indiana, neighborhood where the horrific crime happened near the family's former home.

"I just want them to look in their hearts and help," Holiness said. "Please. I can't do this by myself."

''She said it was after the children's father got back in their minivan, several vehicles, including a red Dodge Charger with black tinted windows she had seen at a nearby gas station, ambushed the family just blocks from their home.

"Once I turned the corner right here, that's when they started firing from everywhere," Holiness said. "From behind me, from the side of me, from the front of me."

Moore was shot to death as he slept in a car seat in his family's vehicle. The child was struck in the back of the head and later died the hospital, police said.''

He's going to get his justice and I'm not giving up.
Ollie Holiness, mother of victim

The fatal shooting happened on July 12, 2022 in the 3500 of Guthrie Street.

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Dec 7, 2023
Streaming now at https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/11...An East Chicago mothers hopes there will soon be justice for her murdered 7-year-old son as she pushes to get authorities to take a fresh look at the cold case