MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – For nearly a yr, an Oklahoma household has been looking for solutions after their liked one was gunned down at a neighborhood condominium complicated.
In September of 2023, officers had been known as to the Midwest Territory Residences after residents heard gunshots within the space.
When investigators arrived on the scene, they discovered an adolescent mendacity on the bottom with a gunshot wound.
He was rushed to OU Medical Heart, however was pronounced lifeless a short while later.
Officers say the sufferer was recognized as 17-year-old Star Spencer Excessive Faculty scholar Kerry Allen, who additionally glided by Kerry Laskey.
“We’re pleading to the general public, if one thing, in case you see one thing, say one thing,” Midwest Metropolis Police Chief Brandon Clabes mentioned in 2023.
Native monetary establishments and members of the family labored collectively to supply a $5,000 reward for info resulting in the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals chargeable for the crime.
“You’re speaking a few 17-year-old whose life was utterly forward of him and now his life has been taken away by anyone that we are able to’t determine,” Clabes mentioned.
This weekend, family and friends members gathered to recollect Laskey’s life as they proceed to hunt justice.
“The day that that they had murdered my son, they murdered me too, however I’m nonetheless dwelling with the ache,” mentioned Quintilla Wallace, Laskey’s mom.
Over the weekend, Laskey’s mother and father organized a gathering of family and friends at their son’s grave web site.
“He had a coronary heart of gold and that was my angel. That was our angel and he didn’t deserve this, “ mentioned Wallace.
Saturday would have been his 18th birthday.
“He would have been 18 in the present day, and getting into manhood in fact. That could be a large chunk taken away from us,” mentioned Laskey’s stepdad, Johnny Wallace.
The previous Star Spencer scholar athlete was additionally honored by his highschool principal. The diploma that he was on monitor to obtain was given to his mother and father over the weekend.
“My son’s dying is a message to the entire black youth right here in America. We’re looking for unity with our folks. We don’t want no extra black on black killings. We don’t want no extra hurting ourselves in any means kind or style,” mentioned Johnny Wallace.
“They killed him bodily, however they killed us mentally,” mentioned Quintilla Wallace.
The household says they’re determined for solutions and closure.
“We gotta do higher or this going to proceed to occur. We gotta do higher as a group,” mentioned Johnny Wallace.
Anybody with info can contact the Midwest Metropolis Police Division at 739-1306 or 739-1388.
