today my mom found out that her ex boyfriend got killed. he was shot in the head and found dead in his apartment. idk, this is like the second time someone close to the family has died. when i was 7 my great grandma died but i was too young to understand. but , like he and my mom were together longer than i can even rember her being with anyother man. when he went to jail for something (i dont know what it was) she waited and waited for him for about two years. i honestly secretly wished that she and him would get back together more than i have ever wished for her and my dad to. and its just sad. and i dont know. i think im more sad that hes dead then if like my dad were to die. he was soo nice and soo sweet. and though my mom and him had their ups and downs i always wished for him to be the one she grows old with. if i had to choose anyone it would have been him. i think mostly because he was like the only like "father-figure" i've ever had. for like most of my life my mom went out with him. since i was like five my mom and him have been off and on. its just sooooo sad.
when my mom first told me, i was in shock and like i could tell she was too. but then she looked up the article in the star ledger and it all kinda set in for us. he was such a great man. and i remember when i was little, he was sooo nice to me. but he was always sooo "young". and i remember when i was seven having to agree with my mom, when she asked if she should continue with their relationship, that she should just let him go. and then after all the drama when my brothers father died down, being kinda happy that they were back together. and all those times i tried my best to help my mom get through the years he was in jail, waiting for him to get out. hoping that we could be a "family" or whatever. i cant see my mom with anyone else. and its just sad that now hes gone.
its just sad thinking of how it probably happened. i just really want to see himone last time. so ill have to beg my mom to take me. oh and heres the article. i hate how they make him sound like a criminal or whatever. i hate that they keep say "ex con". and i hate the title.
Two ex-inmates among 3 men slain on bloody day in Newark
Friday, June 17, 2005
BY JONATHAN SCHUPPE
Star-Ledger Staff
Authorities identified the three Newark men shot to death Wednesday in what's turning out to be a bloody week in the city.
Victor Coleman, 33, Latrell Tucker, 29, and James McMillon, 19, were killed in unrelated attacks over six hours, police said.
With their deaths, the number of homicides since Sunday rose to seven. Authorities said yesterday that they had not yet made any arrests in the killings.
Coleman, an ex-con who had served time in prison on drug and weapons charges, was found dead at 1:15 p.m. in his fourth-floor Sandford Avenue apartment with a gunshot to his head, authorities said.
Tucker, another ex-con who served three years for manslaughter in the 1990s, was shot dead while walking on South 10th Street at 4:15 p.m. The Dayton Street resident suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.
People who live on the block said they heard three gunshots and saw the man lying in the street. One of them called police. They later watched as investigators inspected Tucker's cell phone.
Three hours later, McMillon, 19, of Wainwright Street, was shot in the head near an abandoned lot on Central Avenue, authorities said.
Authorities appealed to the public for help in locating suspects and determining a motive. They urged anyone with information about the shootings of Coleman or McMillon to call Essex County Prosecutor's Office investigator Michael Recktenwald at (973) 621-4586 or Newark homicide detective Vincent Vitiello at (973) 733-5400. Anyone with information about Tucker's death is asked to call county investigator David Rubin at (973) 621-4586 or Newark detective Murad Muhammad at (973) 733-5400.
Newark police also maintain a hotline so residents can report tips anonymously. That number is (973) 424-4122.
when my mom first told me, i was in shock and like i could tell she was too. but then she looked up the article in the star ledger and it all kinda set in for us. he was such a great man. and i remember when i was little, he was sooo nice to me. but he was always sooo "young". and i remember when i was seven having to agree with my mom, when she asked if she should continue with their relationship, that she should just let him go. and then after all the drama when my brothers father died down, being kinda happy that they were back together. and all those times i tried my best to help my mom get through the years he was in jail, waiting for him to get out. hoping that we could be a "family" or whatever. i cant see my mom with anyone else. and its just sad that now hes gone.
its just sad thinking of how it probably happened. i just really want to see himone last time. so ill have to beg my mom to take me. oh and heres the article. i hate how they make him sound like a criminal or whatever. i hate that they keep say "ex con". and i hate the title.
Two ex-inmates among 3 men slain on bloody day in Newark
Friday, June 17, 2005
BY JONATHAN SCHUPPE
Star-Ledger Staff
Authorities identified the three Newark men shot to death Wednesday in what's turning out to be a bloody week in the city.
Victor Coleman, 33, Latrell Tucker, 29, and James McMillon, 19, were killed in unrelated attacks over six hours, police said.
With their deaths, the number of homicides since Sunday rose to seven. Authorities said yesterday that they had not yet made any arrests in the killings.
Coleman, an ex-con who had served time in prison on drug and weapons charges, was found dead at 1:15 p.m. in his fourth-floor Sandford Avenue apartment with a gunshot to his head, authorities said.
Tucker, another ex-con who served three years for manslaughter in the 1990s, was shot dead while walking on South 10th Street at 4:15 p.m. The Dayton Street resident suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.
People who live on the block said they heard three gunshots and saw the man lying in the street. One of them called police. They later watched as investigators inspected Tucker's cell phone.
Three hours later, McMillon, 19, of Wainwright Street, was shot in the head near an abandoned lot on Central Avenue, authorities said.
Authorities appealed to the public for help in locating suspects and determining a motive. They urged anyone with information about the shootings of Coleman or McMillon to call Essex County Prosecutor's Office investigator Michael Recktenwald at (973) 621-4586 or Newark homicide detective Vincent Vitiello at (973) 733-5400. Anyone with information about Tucker's death is asked to call county investigator David Rubin at (973) 621-4586 or Newark detective Murad Muhammad at (973) 733-5400.
Newark police also maintain a hotline so residents can report tips anonymously. That number is (973) 424-4122.
...and thats all i have to say
