Nationwide — Honesty Cheadle, a 3-year-old African American woman from Washington D.C., sadly handed away after a stray bullet hit her whereas she sat in her household’s parked automobile early throughout the July 4th weekend. Police are nonetheless looking for the shooter as her household mourns their loss.
The incident occurred round 3 a.m. on 14th Road Southeast. Honesty’s father had simply pulled up and was about to deliver her inside when a bullet tore by means of the car and struck her within the head.
Honesty was rushed to the hospital however died a couple of days later. Her loss of life has shaken each her household and the area people.
“That might have been my baby,” mentioned a close-by resident, in accordance with WJLA.
Honesty’s aunt, Tonia Cheadle, had been ready to choose her up that morning. “I can’t deliver her again. I simply need her right here,” she mentioned. The household nonetheless remembers the spot the place the bullet broke the automobile’s glass.
Her uncle, Raymond Cheadle, a particular police officer, arrived on the scene after getting the decision. “You took a child,” he mentioned. “Bear in mind her title, Honesty, as a result of she was sincere, she was an harmless baby.”
Raymond urged the individual accountable to return ahead and referred to as for anybody with data to talk up.
“Whoever did this. Knuckle down and say, ‘Man, I tousled.’ That might be your mom, that might be one among your nieces, that might be your little sister or your individual baby,” Raymond mentioned.
Police have linked 24-year-old Charles Rucker to the taking pictures. They’re providing a $25,000 reward for data resulting in an arrest and conviction. The search continues because the neighborhood seeks justice for Honesty.
