Tuesday afternoon, December 11, 2012, a 5-year old victim was struck by a FedEx vehicle within a few feet from his home in the Kensington Station Apartments in DeKalb County, Georgia. The victim was a kindergarten student at Midway Elementary School. He was a son, a grandson, a little brother, a nephew, a friend - he was loved. The 5 year old's parents and family are heartbroken and devastated by the loss of this little boy. Several witnesses to this event, many of whom are children, are also traumatized by the event.
On February 26, 2013, Whitney Johnson was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on State Road 129 when another vehicle negligently intersected the roadway causing a horrific rollover collision. Tragically, Whitney died on February 27, 2013 as a result of injuries sustained in the collision. Whitney will be dearly missed by her three young children, parents, siblings and friends.
Jhane Edwards of Lawrenceville was killed in a rollover accident that occurred on July 31, 2011 on Georgia 401 in Monroe County. As a result of a flat-tire, the vehicle in which 58 year-old Jhane was traveling as a passenger, overturned several times causing his ejection from the vehicle and fatal injury.
On Friday afternoon, December 21, 2012, Sammie Davis, Jr., age 49, was visiting a local Kroger as he had done on many occasions. For reasons still unknown, he was shot multiple times in the chest by Macon Police Officer Clayton Sutton in the Kroger parking lot. At the time of this shooting, Mr. Davis was unarmed. To date, the Macon Police Department has been unable to shed any light on what caused Officer Sutton to shoot an unarmed in the chest multiple times.