On his 17th birthday, his 13-year-old sister hugged him... Then he killed her...

[posty 2,296]

Wow, must not like hugs...

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article147068834.html

 

On Martaevious Santiagos 17th birthday, he shot his 13-year-old sister in the back of the head.

 

She had just hugged him in the kitchen of the familys Florida City home, police said. As they separated and Tedra King walked away, Martaevious pointed a loaded semiautomatic handgun at her. Then he pulled the trigger and killed her.

 

Martaevious told police it was an accident.

 

The shooting happened Tuesday night inside a modest Florida City subdivision called Washington Park. Outside the home on Wednesday, shocked family members some on the way to identify the young girls body at the morgue demanded privacy.

 

Everybody that knows a word of prayer, please pray for the Bess family, close family friend Benita Collier asked.

 

Martaevious, whose life has been marred by gun violence and who was featured as part of a series of stories earlier this year on youth surviving gun violence by Miami Herald news partner WLRN, called police after the shooting and said he had accidentally shot his sister.

 

Police charged him with aggravated manslaughter of a child and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony. The charge does not assume intent, police said.

 

Martaevious said he got the gun, a semiautomatic handgun, from a 14-year-old friend whom police did not name, but who was also arrested for an unrelated outstanding warrant. It was unclear Wednesday exactly who was in the home just after 8 p.m. when Tedra was shot other than Martaevious and his friend.

 

His stepfather, Vernon Williams, said he was at home during the shooting and so was Tedras mother, Lakesha Bess, who held her daughter after she was shot. Williams told WPLG-Channel 10 that Martaevious said he had made a terrible mistake.

 

Im sorry, it was an accident, Williams said Martaevious told him. Im sorry, Dad.

 

The WLRN story, which ran in February, explained how a week before last Christmas, Martaevious was in a car in front of his home when gunfire broke out. He was shot in the leg. His friend was shot in the head and survived. Earlier last year, Martaevious younger brother Martwan Santiago, 15, was shot four times while playing outside his apartment.

 

The bullet that hit Martwans spine left him paralyzed from the waist down.

 

I never knew how he was feeling until I got shot. Now, I feel the pain, Martaevious told WLRN in February. Hang around the wrong crowd of people, this is what happens.

 

Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez, whose department has dealt with a series of juvenile shooting deaths over the past few years, said he was saddened that another child was lost to gunfire.

 

This is what happens when guns get into the hands of youth, he said.

 

Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Albert Carvalho, who has been outspoken about the pace of youth violence in South Florida, took to Twitter yet again to voice his outrage.

 

Criminally or accidentally, the carnage continues. A 13-year old middle schooler is latest victim of heartbreaking, reckless gun violence, the superintendent said.

 

Florida City Mayor Otis Wallace said he visited with the family Tuesday night. He said police believe the gun that ended Tedras life was obtained in an earlier burglary. The mayor said he understands people get guns for protection, but at least in Florida City, far too often the weapons only cause unintended tragedy.

 

I find this to be far more prevalent than people protecting their castles, the mayor said.

 

The shooting rekindled memories of a tragic incident a dozen years ago that took the life of a 3-year-old girl in nearby Homestead nicknamed Shae Shae. The 5-year-old brother of Shae Shae, whose real name was Literica Dyshae Treniece Davis, found a loaded gun in a toy box and fired it at his sister.

 

She died instantly. After the shooting, Shae Shaes brother asked his mother: Can she be fixed?

 

With family keeping tight-lipped Tuesday, little information about Tedra was available. The little girl known as Rosie to many family members and friends attended Homestead Middle School, and was part of an extended family of nine brothers and sisters.

 

A woman who shares Tedras last name, Tamera King Cameron, posted a couple of pictures of Tedra on Facebook. In one picture shes wearing a blue shirt while being hugged from behind.

 

RIP Tedra King memories is all we have, she wrote on the post. In another picture Tedra is seen seated at a restaurant holding a wad of money close to her face.

 

Florida City neighbor Abbie Young said she heard gunfire Tuesday night, then running, crying and hollering. She said Tedra, who lived in the home next door, was always unfailingly polite to her and addressed her formally.

 

She was always Miss this, Miss that, Young said. She never disrespected me.

 

The day she was killed, Tedra and a group of her seventh-grade friends were discussing what they would wear for the middle school prom still more than a year away. Her 12-year-old friend Josie Joseph said Tedra knew she wanted a purple dress.

 

Josie, a boy who lives down the street, said he heard the gunshot. The preteen said he has known Tedra since elementary school and they loved rapper Kodak Black and telling jokes.

 

Her brother was just playing. He wasnt supposed to be playing like that, Josie said. I was supposed to have class with her today. Now I cant talk to her anymore.

[dain11279 927]

Ban hugs

[fandandy 3,311]

They need safety mechanisms for hand guns when purchased by black folk. Some sort of internal gyroscope that won't allow the gun to discharge when tilted sideways.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

If they only spent as much time parenting as they did coming up with these ridiculous names.

[patweisers44 697]

Some of the names in this story are outstanding. Literica?

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Is Miami as big a sh!thole as I've seen on t.v. (First 48, etc......)?

[parrot 789]

Some of the names in this story are outstanding. Literica?

 

Literica Dyshae Treniece Davis

 

[posty 2,296]

Literica Dyshae Treniece Davis

 

Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it...

[patweisers44 697]

 

Literica Dyshae Treniece Davis

 

Shae Shae for short

[tanatastic 2,061]

Is Miami as big a sh!thole as I've seen on t.v. (First 48, etc......)?

 

Sort of yea, there's poor and rich neighborhoods like any city though. Also almost anywhere you go, the store clerks speak Spanish and maybe English if you are lucky. The whole city looks like it's under construction with scaffolding and road work being done nonstop. Traffic is a nightmare and there are random biblical downpours that can happen on an otherwise sunny day. I have been a couple times to visit the wifes family and am actually going again next week.

[Alias Detective 1,179]

What can keep this from happening?

 

Unless all guns, ammo, and the ability to make a projectile fly out of a tube are removed, things will never change.

[parrot 789]

Shae Shae for short

 

Understandable. Not much to work with there.

[fandandy 3,311]

 

Understandable. Not much to work with there.

The shoulda shortened it to Litter.

 

Sup Litter?

[parrot 789]

Literica

 

Sounds like the name of an infomercial drug for over-active bladder or erectile disfunction or something.

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

The shoulda shortened it to Litter.

 

Sup Litter?

 

Lemme get some Kitty, Litter

[wiffleball 4,639]

Um, the name thing is low-hanging fruit (probably bananas), so I'll skip to the question:

 

 

Um, how the FOCK is this an 'accident'?

In what focking world is that an accident?

He pulled the gun, pointed the gun. aimed the gun, pulled the trigger.

Again, how the FOCK is that an 'accident'?

And WHY the fock is that 'manslaughter'?

It's Gawddamn cold-blooded murder.

 

I'm sorry (no I'm not), but an 'accident' isn't doing something wrong - then hating the consequences.

 

I was totally waiting for he grabbed it and it accidentally discharged, he was aiming at someone outside, he slipped and fell, his afro-activator made his hands slippery, ANYthing. But no.

 

That is not a focking accident.

[wiffleball 4,639]

 

Sounds like the name of an infomercial drug for over-active bladder or erectile disfunction or something.

 

Those taking Literica should not do so if allergic to lead, gunpowder or fatal velocity projectiles.

Stop taking Literica and contact your Doctor immediately if you experience: Burning and/or shooting pain

in the head, shoulders or body, excessive blood loss and immediate cognitive difficulties.

[Mookz 1,287]

Maybe next year she'll think about actually getting him something.

[fandandy 3,311]

Maybe next year she'll think about actually getting him something.

I bought you something. Close your eyes. It's warm and it's tight and it will make you feel good.

 

(she got me hooker? hell to the yes)

[DonS 3,067]

If they only spent as much time parenting as they did coming up with these ridiculous names.

[lickin_starfish 1,480]

Everyone in that story has a different last name.

 

Those people sure do have close-knit families.

[wiffleball 4,639]

They need safety mechanisms for hand guns when purchased by black folk. Some sort of internal gyroscope that won't allow the gun to discharge when tilted sideways.

[wiffleball 4,639]

Coroner: "Upon inspection, the Vagina appears intact."

 

Autie Hazmaradla: "Well O COURSE Vagina is intact you dumb cracka! She was wit her sista Pajama at Romaine at Chantrel and Truffle's house!"

[shotsup 832]

tl;dr

[frank 2,144]

He used to love her.

[shotsup 832]

He used to love her.

But he had to kill her

[Hardcore troubadour 12,631]

They black? Doesn't matter. Truth.

[Hardcore troubadour 12,631]

But he had to kill her

She's buried in my back yard