Let us not forget Alaysha Carradine, every year on June 28 and
July 15. We made her one of The 82 murdered children of Unit 1012 and Janusz Korczak’s 190+ children where we will not
forget her. Let us remember how she lived on this earth.
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Alaysha Carradine
(June 28, 2005 to July 15,
2013)
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Alaysha was having a sleepover at her friend's house and someone shot through the door and killed her, wounded her 7-year-old best friend, the friend's grandmother and 4-year-old brother.
There were few leads on the case. A suspect ad was released in September. SAVE held a stand-in for Alaysha on September 28th.
Alaysha's friends called her "Ladybug."
Oakland
police said Tuesday they arrested two people in connection with the death of an
8-year-old girl killed at a sleepover this summer, and revealed the alleged
suspects are part of a street gamg linked to at least one other homicide in
Berkeley.
At
a heavily attended news conference, authorities said Darnell Williams, 22, of
Oakland was among those arrested, and police linked him to a separate Berkeley
homicide of Anthony Madeiros, where a 7-year-old was injured.
Alameda
County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Williams is a convicted felon and
a gang member, who pulled the trigger the night of July 17 in Oakland in the
400 block of Wilson Avenue when 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine was killed at a
sleepover, and her two young friends and a grandmother were injured.
Authorities
said that Alaysha and the others were not intended targets, but part of a gang
retaliation binge, though specifics on why Williams was allegedly at the
apartment where Alaysha was staying was not made clear. O'Malley did say that
Williams wanted to allegedly kill someone at that apartment, but she declined
to say who. At the time, NBC Bay Area spoke to the only other person at
the apartment where Alaysha was staying - Khamel
Hardin, 22, whose niece and nephew were injured. Hardin's name did not come
up during the news conference.
Also
arrested in connection with Alaysha's death is a woman named Laquana Nuno,
O'Malley said. A third person, Joseph Carol, 27, of Oakland was arrested in
connection with the Berkeley homicide. All three are expected to be arraigned
Thursday afternoon. One of the suspects was tracked down to Harris County,
Texas.
Aside
from O'Malley, Oakland Police Assistant Chief Paul Figueroa, Chief of the
Bureau of Investigations Department of Justice Kent Shaw and Mayor Jean Quan
spoke at the news conference.
Figueroa
called the shooting of Alaysha "despicable," and that he hoped
these arrests would bring "some justice to such a tragic" situation.
In
September, police
released a sketch of a possible suspect, described as an
African-American between 17 and 24 years old, standing 5’7, weighing 160, and having
a thin, dark mustache. He was wearing a black hooded jacket and blue jeans. A
police officer at the news conference said Williams matches the description.
Alaysha's
death shocked the community and beyond because of her age, and because of the
brazen attack at a sleepover where other children were staying. Alaysha was
sleeping over at a friend's house when she was gunned down just after 11 p.m.
after she opened the door and was met with a barrage of bullets. Alaysha, who
her family called "Ladybug," earned the dubious distinction of
becoming Oakland's 54th homicide victim this year.
Alaysha's
7-year-old friend, her 4-year-old brother and their 63-year-old grandmother,
Clara Fields, were also struck by bullets, but all three recovered from the
shooting.
Also
on Tuesday, Quan's office said the city of Oakland set up a memorial fund
for the families of four shooting victims.
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Alaysha Carradine
(June 28, 2005 to July 15,
2013)
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IF YOU'RE INTERESTED:
Anyone who would like to help the families can drop off or mail checks to the
Oakland City Center Wells Fargo located at 1221 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612.
They can also walk into any Wells Fargo to drop off donations. Checks can be
made out to the Antoine and Amara and Clara Fields Memorial Fund to support the
York family. Checks to support the Carradine family can be made out to the
Alaysha Carradine Memorial Fund. 1
Additional Links
INTERNET SOURCE: https://localwiki.org/oakland/Alaysha_Carradine
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