BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A concert was held Sunday to celebrate the life of Yasmine Wright, the 16-year-old girl who was shot and killed after being hit by stray bullet in 2022.
Sunday would have been Yasmine Wright’s 21st birthday, and her mother, Janice Wright, says she wants to keep her memory alive. She says a scholarship is one way of building a legacy for her daughter.
“It reminds people that she existed on earth,” Janice Wright said. “And because she died at sixteen, she had only a short life. She didn’t get to touch many people, she didn’t get to go to college and to give the scholarships to different children, make it think about they got this money due to Yasmine.”…