by Jeroslyn JoVonn
March 23, 2026
A South Memphis mom is talking out after her 7-year-old was robbed at gunpoint.
The mom of a 7-year-old boy who was just lately robbed at gunpoint for $10 is talking out over the rising violence on the streets of South Memphis.
The 7-year-old and his mom, who spoke anonymously to FOX 13 resulting from threats, stated he was strolling dwelling from a park with buddies on Wednesday, March 18, when a gunman confronted them, and took two $5 payments from his pocket earlier than fleeing.
“After we had been strolling over right here, they was behind us speaking, then they ran up on us, made us fall, and tripped us,” the 7-year-old boy stated. “Then they went into our pockets and obtained all the cash we had..” The boy was unharmed.
The mom stated she wasn’t dwelling when it occurred, however her coronary heart dropped when she obtained the decision that somebody had pulled a gun on her son.
”Like I’ve a daughter that’s 16; our son is 13. And I’ve by no means been via nothing like this, ever,” the boy’s mom stated. “And since we’ve been staying over on this space, it’s been nothing however unhealthy issues occurring to me and my youngsters.”
The boy’s mom says the incident was the breaking level, and she or he’s now doing every thing she will to depart the neighborhood, situated on Vaal Avenue off Castex. One other girl advised Fox 13 her daughter was shot there two years in the past. Each ladies say a bunch of older teenagers has lengthy terrorized the world, and the mom believes one among them was accountable for robbing her son at gunpoint.
”It’s not protected over right here; these mother and father up over right here, they don’t care how their youngsters react to issues, or they don’t care what their youngsters out right here doing,” the boy’s mom stated. “So I’m attempting to get my youngsters away from all of this. I can’t take it no extra.”
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