Minneapolis (WCCO) – One hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
This is the new bounty for information leading to the conviction of the man who shot three children in Minneapolis. It is the largest ever reward for solving a crime in Minnesota.
On April 30, ten-year-old Ladavione Garrett, Jr. was shot and wounded. Trinity Ottoson-Smith was shot on May 15. He died 12 days later. Ania Allen was shot on May 17 and died two days later.
“Today is 100 days. Hundred days. My grandson has been fighting to live for 100 days,” said Sherry Jennings.
A hundred days after the first three children were shot in the head in North Minneapolis.
It is believed that each of these shootings was the result of gun violence, allegedly between rival gangs, and that the three children were unintended targets.
“We’re not going to be safe until we tell who’s making it unsafe,” KG Wilson said.
The families of Ania, Trinity and Ladavione stood shoulder to shoulder with the members of the community and asked for help in locking them up.
One hundred and eighty thousand dollars are offered to inspire someone to tell them what they know.
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Drew Evans said, “Spotlight on Crime is offering $150,000 of that reward and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $30,000.”
Clear Channel is sponsoring billboards that will go up in the Twin Cities in hopes of soliciting the souls of those responsible, asking them to end the pain by turning into these families and themselves.
Booker Hodges said, “Wherever you go, that’s what you’re going to see, and that pain isn’t going to go away until you do the right thing.”
“This silence is killing our family,” Jennings said.
Police say they are getting some suggestions but more are needed to solve these cases.
“That we are in that community that knows something needs to be said,” Wilson said.
Everyone here assumes that someone in the community knows who is responsible. Everyone hopes that a financial incentive is enough to motivate someone to act.
“When are we going to close? When are we going to close? When will it be safe for our kids to get out and play?” Jennings said.
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