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'She was giving and loving': Grieving mom remembers slain teen daughter

Ashlynn Sparks was a giver in life, and now she will be a giver in death.

The family of the young McCalla woman, who just turned 18 last month, said her organs are being donated in hopes of saving the life of someone else. "That's just the type of person she was,'' said Sparks' mother, April Curb. "I hope she can now live on through someone else."

Sparks was shot Wednesday night in Lipscomb while in the car with her boyfriend of about two years. The shooting happened about 10 p.m. Wednesday on Circle Avenue in Lipscomb. Sparks and her boyfriend were in a car at that location when someone approached them, and opened fire. Bullets peppered the car, including the front windshield.

They fled and were en route to the hospital when they stopped at the Kangaroo Express on 14th Street and called for help. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene, and Sparks was taken to UAB Hospital with gunshot wounds to the head and hand.

She was pronounced dead Thursday at 11:27 a.m. Her boyfriend was also wounded in the arm or shoulder, but his injuries weren't life-threatening.

Authorities say the Lipscomb Police Department is leading the homicide probe. Multiple efforts to reach Lipscomb police for comment were unsuccessful. A dispatcher said police Chief Steve Carey would be unavailable for comment until Monday.

Sparks grew up in the McCalla and Bessemer areas, attending public schools until about two years ago. She was a cheerleader, and was named Miss McAdory in the eighth grade. "She was very popular and very beautiful,'' Curb said. "She was giving and loving."

Sparks previously attended McAdory High School, and then started a home-schooling program through another high school. This year, her mom said, she stayed out of high school to study cosmetology. "She loved theater and makeup design,'' Curb said. "She had goals. She was pursuing a career. She was a good girl."

Curb said her daughter loved cats, so much so that her nickname was Ash Kitty. She was not only a giver, but also fixer, and always wanted to help the struggling. Sparks spent several days a week caring for her elderly grandfather, doing his laundry and making sure he was taking his medicine.

"My baby was a good girl. No, she was not perfect,'' Curb wrote in a heartfelt Facebook post. "But she was a beautiful, loving soul with a heart of gold. Whether it was a starving animal or a homeless person, she wanted to fix everything."

As Curb's firstborn, mother and daughter were extremely close. "She was my best friend,'' Curb said. "I knew every aspect of her life. We were very open about everything she was interested in."

Sparks started dating her boyfriend about two years ago, and spent most of her time with him. Curb said she warned her daughter to be careful about where they went, but teens have a mind of their own. Just hours before Sparks was killed, her mother texted her and again cautioned her to be careful. "I told her it was going to get cold, and please don't be out late. It's just not safe,'' Curb said. Her daughter replied, "I'll be fine, Mom.''

About midnight, however, Curb learned otherwise. She was awakened by banging on her front door. Sparks' boyfriend's mother was there to tell Curb both had been shot.

Curb rushed to UAB Hospital, but Sparks was unresponsive. "She was pretty much gone, but they ran a couple more tests and the doctors said it wasn't operable,'' she said. "I stayed by her bed all night and talked to her but she never showed any sign of being there. She was gone."

The grieving mother said she doesn't know too many details about what happened, but said she is in close contact with the detective. "She promised me she would find who did it,'' she said.

Curb said her daughter was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Neither she nor her boyfriend were armed, she said.

"I taught her to be street-wise. She knew the dangers that were out there, but she was naive,'' she said. "The main thing I want to say is that I want kids to stay out of the streets. "

She also emphasized that point on Facebook. "I'm begging all of you kids, stay out of the streets, even if you're just along for the ride,'' she wrote. "People are crazy and ruthless. The devil is running rampant, and there is no value on life. This coward will be served justice. RIP my beautiful Ash Kitty, my Diva, my beautiful butterfly. Mommy loves you. I'm lost without you."
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Senseless :mjcry:


(oh yeah, don't read the comments on the story in the link unless you want to be furious)
 
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R$G META said:
I don't think they were gunning for the boyfriend. Note what the granny said. "She wasn't perfect."
RIP Ashlynn.

Keep your children out of street businesses, brehs.
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Yeah, but I hate to put that on somebody I don't know. Nobody is perfect. I can't speak on it like I know the whole situation.
 
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Chrishaune said:
Yeah, but I hate to put that on somebody I don't know. Nobody is perfect. I can't speak on it like I know the whole situation.
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They sure ain't. You don't have to tell the world your slain grand child isn't perfect in an article unless there's something more to it all than a senseless killing...
 
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R$G META said:
They sure ain't. You don't have to tell the world your slain grand child isn't perfect in an article unless there's something more to it all than a senseless killing...
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:yeshrug: somebody else's child/granchild...I don't know the whole situation. Only the girl truly knew what all she had done previously.
 
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