The child shot at the mall in Atl died last night. R.I.P Kennedy (Update: Killer identified)

[Born2BKing]

Suspect identified in murder of 7-year-old Kennedy Maxie near Phipps Plaza

Lead investigator Lt. Pete Malecki identified the suspect as Daquan Reed, 24 of Virginia, and said they have secured warrants for his arrest on felony murder charge. He is also facing charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and reckless conduct.

Dude shot somebody else in a mall in 2019 as well. nikka just goes to the mall to shoot at folk I guess.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/n...mall/291-e95d8399-1a26-4873-9b82-643e88fccb15

Police arrest suspects in MacArthur Center shooting that left two hurt
Police arrested 23-year-old Molek Alcantara and 22-year-old Daquan C. Reed. They were wanted for Monday's double shooting at MacArthur Center.

US Marshalls arrest suspects in MacArthur Center shooting that left two hurt

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NORFOLK, Va. — Police arrested two men who police say were involved in Monday night's double shooting at Norfolk's MacArthur Center Mall.

Police said 23-year-old Molek Alcantara and 22-year-old Daquan C. Reed were arrested on Friday by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Atlanta, Georgia. Both suspects have previous criminal records.


Investigators said the suspects were walking on the lower level of the mall when they came across a third man. Norfolk Police Chief Larry Boone said one of the men fired a gun and one of the three men was hit.

A 56-year-old woman who was nearby, but not involved in the confrontation, was also wounded.

Two off-duty officers responded immediately to the sound of gunfire, according to Chief Boone.


Police said the 23-year-old man who was shot went to the hospital himself, suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower body. The woman who was shot was taken by medics to the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to her leg.

Both victims were treated at the hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening.

Alcantara has been charged with two counts each of malicious wounding and using a firearm in the commission of felony, and one count each of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a concealed weapon.

Reed has been charged with accessory after the fact.

"The women and men of the Norfolk Police Department are relentless in protecting and serving our citizens and bringing those to justice who break the law" said Police Chief Larry D. Boone. "We continue to lead by example in partnering with the community and other law enforcement agencies when necessary to keep our communities safe. I cannot emphasize enough about the urgent need for Actionable Leadership to address this public health crisis starting with providing our youth, particularly our young African-American men, with positive alternatives to resolve conflict."

Viewers and 13News Now anchor Nicole Livas, who were in the mall, have told us that the mall was placed on lockdown. Nicole said she heard four shots fired before the store she was in went on lockdown.


Customers inside the Apple Store were taken inside the Apple Vault.

 

[nkb97]

I heard about this story this morning....can't tell you how exhausted i am of this foolishness smh. This shyt should not be happening, plain and simple. 7 years old is a baby

Rest in peace, Kennedy

 

[keond]

Suspect identified in murder of 7-year-old Kennedy Maxie near Phipps Plaza

Lead investigator Lt. Pete Malecki identified the suspect as Daquan Reed, 24 of Virginia, and said they have secured warrants for his arrest on felony murder charge. He is also facing charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and reckless conduct.

Another out of Towner. I’m sorry this baby had to die like this. I’m praying for some justice in this case. Preferably street justice

 

[Born2BKing]

Another out of Towner. I’m sorry this baby had to die like this. I’m praying for some justice in this case. Preferably street justice

Prolly wasn't even no real beef either. Just a "when keeping it real, goes wrong" moment

 

[mamba]

Dude shot somebody else in a mall in 2019 as well. nikka just goes to the mall to shoot at folk I guess.

How was he a free man a year later?

 

[staticshock]

We told y’all it be nikkas from outta town coming down here wilding


Where that one lame who say otherwise

 

[staticshock]

They not from the town. Every single one is a transplant to the city.

Bunch of out of towners fukking up the city.

I dont believe that.
Atl nikkas always tryna dump all the bad shyt on the out of towners but keep all the good shyt.
Same with the fakkitry and diseases"but but its the transplants."

I highly doubt its only out of towners getting into it down there.

 

[Robbie3000]

Another out of Towner. I’m sorry this baby had to die like this. I’m praying for some justice in this case. Preferably street justice

Sad. Reminds of the third verse from Nas Accident Murderer.


And for that girl who never made it home, shot in the dome
How they gon' kill that beautiful sister?
Violent adolescents, homicidal with weapons
Not a lot of knowledge inside of they minds, that I'm guessing
Tell me who you impressing
Shooters I knew them when they was babies, I used to test them
Make em throw up they hands, choke 'em out playing wrestling
Watch em grow to a man, I see them now they repping
But they cold-blooded, homie, wondering where the respect went
Can't play with these little nikkas, gangsta little nikkas
Can't hang with these little nikkas, they're killing, they're reckless
Wish I could build with him, but will he change really?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

95% of ATL homicides are ATL residents vs ATL residents

 

[kingjones29]

 

[MoveForward]

These clown ass transplants coming to Atlanta fukking the city up...

 

[staticshock]

95% of ATL homicides are ATL residents vs ATL residents

We know this

the argument is transplants and visitors coming down here to crowded areas wilding out

 

[RadaMillz]

I thought good educated people were relocating to ATL for better jobs and decent living standard, not no damm thugs.

may Allah open the gates of paradise for that beautiful child.

 

[3rdWorld]

Atlanta proposes spending $1.6m on private police force for wealthy suburb known as ‘Beverly Hills of the East’
Gino Spocchia
Wed, December 30, 2020, 11:43 AM EST·2 min read

Kennedy Maxie, who was shot last week in Atlanta

(Cassandra Wood/GoFundMe)
City councillors in Atlanta, Georgia have proposed spending $1.6 million (£1.2 million) on a private police force to patrol a wealthy suburb following the fatal shooting of a seven-year-old girl.

Announcing the proposals on Monday, the public officials cited the death of seven-year-old Kennedy Maxie in the Buckhead neighbourhood of the city last week.

Buckhead is an affluent suburb, dubbed “The Beverly Hills of the East”, and the location of Phipps Plaza mall where the seven-year-old had been Christmas shopping with family members when she was struck by a stray bullet on 21 December. She died in hospital five days later, NBC News reported.

Atlanta city councillors said that they would contribute $125,000 (£91,950) towards a proposed scheme called the “Buckhead Security Plan”.

The funds will be used to establish a private police unit to work in tandem with the Atlanta Police Department, along with other strategies like surveillance cameras.

The Atlanta Police Foundation, the Atlanta Police Department, Fulton County Commission members, officials from the mayor’s office and several community organisations have said they support the plans.

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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the scheme will cost $1.6 million (£1.2 million). The private police are scheduled to start patrols in January.

Jim Durrett, from the non-profit Buckhead Coalition, said the security plan shows that city leaders "understand the urgency of the situation” amid an increase in shootings and other crimes in Atlanta.

In a statement to NBC News, the city’s police department said the shooting of Kennedy Maxie was one of 154 homicides recorded before Christmas Day. That is a rise of 61 per cent in shootings than the same period last year.

Howard Shook, a Democratic councillor who supports the security plan, said last week “that the civilian authorities do not control the streets and cannot provide even a token feeling of safety beyond our front doors,” in comments that condemned the city’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottom for not doing enough to combat the increase in crime.

"To the administration, I don’t want to hear the word 'uptick,'" Mr Shook said. "Stop minimising our concerns by telling us that crime is up everywhere.”

He added that crime in Atlanta has continued on an upward trajectory since anti-racism protests this summer, when demonstrators clashed with police.

Speaking on Tuesday, Atlanta’s interim police chief Rodney Bryant appeared to blame the coronavirus pandemic for criminal activity, and said: “There’s no other areas to socialize, people find themselves - there’s no football games to go to, there’s no high school football games to go to.”

Police have named 24 year-old Daquan Reed of Virginia as the suspect in last week’s shooting.

There have been more than 155 homicides in Atlanta in 2020, the highest number since 1998.

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