"One girl has died and a boy has been shot, after a double shooting at a cookout on Richmond’s south side.
Officers were called to Carter Jones Park, in between Perry and Bainbridge Streets, for a report of a shooting at approximately 7:23 p.m. Sunday. Richmond police say two juveniles, a boy and a girl, were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The girl succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. The boy is still suffering from his injuries...
"That girl got a name. My baby got a name. Her name is Markiya Simone Dickson. " Mark Whitfield and Ciara Dickson said. Markiya turned nine on March 2 and has an older sister and younger brother. Her mother, Ciara Dickson, described Markiya as “fiesty” and very affectionate and caring. “She was my own mini-me,” Ciara Dickson said.
Her parents said the gunfire that cut her life short came from some men on a nearby basketball court. Markiya tried to run away, her parents said, but was caught in the fire."
‘Part of my heart is missing’: 9-year-old girl shot, killed at Richmond park
Officers were called to Carter Jones Park, in between Perry and Bainbridge Streets, for a report of a shooting at approximately 7:23 p.m. Sunday. Richmond police say two juveniles, a boy and a girl, were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The girl succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. The boy is still suffering from his injuries...
"That girl got a name. My baby got a name. Her name is Markiya Simone Dickson. " Mark Whitfield and Ciara Dickson said. Markiya turned nine on March 2 and has an older sister and younger brother. Her mother, Ciara Dickson, described Markiya as “fiesty” and very affectionate and caring. “She was my own mini-me,” Ciara Dickson said.
Her parents said the gunfire that cut her life short came from some men on a nearby basketball court. Markiya tried to run away, her parents said, but was caught in the fire."
‘Part of my heart is missing’: 9-year-old girl shot, killed at Richmond park
