Her mother says she was always happy, always smiling.
Remembering her daughter, Charmaine Turner was in tears as one of two men indicted in connection with the fatal shooting of Secoriea Turner considered whether to plead guilty in a Fulton County courtroom. Secoriea, eight years old, was killed on July 4, 2020, while riding in a car with her mom and a family friend.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says there was a gang protest at the Wendy’s on University Avenue, where Rayshard Brooks had been killed by Atlanta Police the month prior. Willis says the Bloods gang was angry over their fellow gang member’s death and had put up a partial blockade on the street. When the Jeep with the Turners tried to drive past it, the DA says 19-year-old Julian Conley opened fire and Secoriea was hit…