Katrina Clark is Treveon Hunter's mother. Tonight her son is gone and she is asking one question, "Why? When you seen the child. If you wanted him, you should have said no, there go a child man, let's not do this but you still did."
Clark says the 9-year-old loved to play basketball, take care of his siblings and just loved being with his family.
It was his uncle 24-year-old Nicholas Johnson who was also shot during the drive by Friday night while hugging the child to protect him from the gun fire. Clark says, "he said he could feel the bullets coming from in back of him, going through the front of him. And one of them had to have traveled from coming out the back going through the front and hitting my baby in the head. It took one bullet and it went through my baby head."
Police are all over the Queensboro neighborhood, which surrounds the 31 hundred block of Frederick Street where the shooting happened. Meanwhile tips pour into the family.
The say they rather whoever did this turn themselves into police rather than have be subject to street justice. "I want them taken care of. Justice through the police or not but I don't want them running free and my baby can't."
Clark goes on to say, "the Lord gone make sure they get taken care of one way or another."
Nicholas Johnson is expected to survive his injuries.
If you have any information call Shreveport crime stoppers at (318) 673-7373.
As Chadward Welch entered his guilty plea this week to aggravated flight from an officer, the prosecutor stood at the other end of the table in Caddo District Court and told Judge Craig Marcotte his office was keeping its options open on whether to ask that Welch be sentenced as an habitual offender -- a classification that could send the 29-year-old to prison for life.
The option held by the D.A. is linked to Welch's cooperation in an open murder case: The death of 9-year-old Treveon Hunter, who was killed two years ago in a drive-by shooting aimed at his uncle. The uncle was wounded but survived.
Welch, of West Caperton Street, has been questioned about his involvement in the shooting but has not been charged. Authorities said he has denied any involvement.
"The deal I was willing to make with him is, 'I will listen to what you have to say and I will investigate it," Assistant District Attorney Lea Hall said of his option on an habitual-offender sentence. "If I find it to be truthful and useful, I may not multi-bill you" and seek a life term.
If Welch admits he was involved -- which Hall doesn't expect he will do -- .. he'll still be prosecuted, Hall said. The charge could be open to negotiation.
"He's not going in there and being given immunity," Hall said. "He's just going to have impress me with the truthfulness and usefulness of what he has to say."
Looks like the prosecutor hasn't given up on finding justice for Treveon.
Rest in peace sweet boy!
November 7th, 2009, 11:03 AM
Treveon Hunter killed in driveby 2 years ago may finally get justice!
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