MINNEAPOLIS — Our community has rallied in support of our first responders after two high-profile killings since the beginning of the year.
Three were killed in Burnsville in February, and a Minneapolis officer was shot to death in May. The shooter in each case was a felon prohibited from having a gun. So what’s being done about the problem? And who’s feeling the impact the most?
LaTanya Black grieves her daughter Nia’s death deeply.
“These are things I’ve hung on to, because when your child is gone or any loved one, all you have are memories,” Black said.
The professional make-up artist was just 23 when a felon who shouldn’t have had a gun tragically took her life , shooting into the car she was riding in as it sped away from a fight in a St. Paul parking lot in 2020.
“Someone took her life. She had dreams, admirations, aspirations. She had all of that you know she still had fight, tenacity, energy,” Black said.
The shooter has a criminal history involving guns, including shooting another person in the same parking lot six years earlier.