Shooting victim an innocent bystander
Posted Apr 23, 2010 01:45:26 PM.
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RCMP are releasing new information today on an unsolved murder in North Preston last year.
Jerrell Wright, 19, was shot last May and it turns out he was an innocent victim in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Jerrell’s mother Darlene Wright is glad the news is out now. Media reports at the time said it wasn’t known if Jerrell had a criminal record or if it was drug-related.
“My son was an honest, loving, caring, respectful boy and those things weren’t a part of his life at all.”
Jerrell was standing in a shared driveway when he was shot. Darlene agonizes over the fact that someone shot her innocent son.
“It bothers me, it bothers me deeply,” she says. “Our family, our hearts are aching knowing that someone is walking around and they know, they have information.”
Police held an information checkpoint in North Preston Friday. The province has also anounced a $150,000 reward leading to an arrest and conviction.
