“How many more times do we have to do this?
“How many more grieving mothers do we need to console because of these senseless acts of violence?
“How many more teenagers do I have to stand at the side of a casket?
“How many more families do I have to pray for?”
That was the message from Pastor Jason Taylor of Revelation Church during a press conference on Friday, as he, along with family and friends of Vic’Quan Destin-Thazir Newton, spoke about the teen killed in a shooting on Monday.
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Hampton police say the 17-year-old was shot multiple times near Michigan Drive — he drove away — then crashed his car on La Salle Avenue. No arrests have been made.
He was one of four teens across Hampton Roads shot in the past week — three of whom died.
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“I really was and still am in a state of disbelief,” Newton’s mother, Viccarra Coker, told News 3 on Wednesday. “My son did not live a lifestyle that aligned with how he lost his life.”