As police and EMS personnel worked feverishly to save the nine-year old girl struck by a stray bullet as she played outside with her friends, she spoke her last words when they lifted her into the waiting ambulance: “Am, I going to die…” You could hear a pin drop when Colonel Patrick Callahan of the New Jersey State Police told the story of Sequoya in a room full of veteran investigators. The image he painted of this 9-year-old girl transported me back to my own childhood playing “manhunt” with my neighborhood friends. But where my memories were filled with fun and games, this one ended in horror. You see, Sequoya Bacon-Jones was shot and killed in Trenton, New Jersey, after a stray bullet pierced her young body instantly turning her playful game into a desperate fight for her life.
Bringing the stakeholders together and forming groups can make good things happen, congrats to a involved in the summitt, thanks for the work that you do - Godspeed as you go forward! Thank you Ray for sharing!
Ray. Great article. Capturing the relevant data is important however, bringing together the willing is what will make a difference in preventing violent crime. Thanks to the NJSP for their leadership and efforts working with their partners to reduce violent crime in NJ.
Bringing the stakeholders together and forming groups can make good things happen, congrats to a involved in the summitt, thanks for the work that you do - Godspeed as you go forward! Thank you Ray for sharing!
Ray. Great article. Capturing the relevant data is important however, bringing together the willing is what will make a difference in preventing violent crime. Thanks to the NJSP for their leadership and efforts working with their partners to reduce violent crime in NJ.