Before his life was tragically cut short last Saturday, 12-year-old Cameron Coney was a kid with a big personality who loved to play football, according to his family members who spoke to reporters at a vigil earlier this week. The Long Middle School student was shot and killed inside his bedroom at his family’s home […]
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After Deadly Shooting, Atlanta Parents Say Curfew Is Just a Step in Fixing Teen Violence
When North Clayton High Schoolers return from spring break next week, the halls will be missing one of their friends, 10th grader Tianah Robinson. The 16-year-old’s life was taken during a shooting at Piedmont Park over Easter weekend that also wounded 15-year-old Italia Wilson. She is now recovering at home with her family in Norcross. […]
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Rapper Offset Shot After a Fight in Florida Four Years After Takeoff’s Death
Atlanta rapper Offset was shot Monday night in Florida. His shooting comes nearly four years after Takeoff, his partner in the Grammy-nominated group Migos, was shot and killed. Offset, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, was reportedly shot near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. A representative told TMZ that […]
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Atlanta Mass Shooting Highlights Need for More Violence Intervention Work
A mass shooting on Edgewood Avenue early Monday morning left Atlanta reeling and increased calls for more violence intervention work from grassroots organizations working in schools and neighborhoods across the city. At 1:27 a.m. Monday, Atlanta police received reports that multiple people were shot near the Edgewood at Hilliard streetcar station in Sweet Auburn, according […]
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Kappa Picnic Shooting: Funeral Plans Begin as Fraternity Fundraises for Daughter Left Behind
As Anthony Pearson’s Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity brothers begin to plan his funeral, another family is gathering today to lay his shooter to rest. The funeral service for Justin Minnitee, the 23-year-old man Atlanta police say shot and killed Pearson on June 28, is scheduled for today in Decatur. Minnitee died after fraternity members with […]
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Kappa Alpha Psi Picnic Turns Tragic as Masked Gunman Opens Fire in Atlanta
Fraternity members and HBCU alum are mourning the loss of Anthony Pearson after his fatal shooting on Sunday. And now they want to help a young girl who lost her father. A day of fellowship and brotherhood turned into tragedy when a masked man opened fire at a Kappa Alpha Psi picnic over the weekend, […]
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What Father’s Day Is Like When You’ve Lost Your Son
On the first Father’s Day since losing his 17-year-old son, Kenneth Collier Sr. said he plans to surround himself with family and love on what he knows will be a difficult day. “Kenn’s mom was murdered when he was 10, so after that I was raising him as a single dad,” Collier said about his […]
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Black Georgia Democrats React to Trump Assassination Attempt
Shock, sympathy, skepticism, and a bit of fear entered the minds of several Black Georgia lawmakers on Saturday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. State Rep. Carl Gilliard, D-Savannah, said he was stunned Saturday when he heard news reports of shots ringing out at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa. […]
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Capital B Fest Day One: Black Atlanta Dives into Key Issues Shaping Politics, Education, and Crime
Black Atlantans say a “systemic” and “surgical” effort to disenfranchise Black voters and a new school choice law that some believe targets the state’s most vulnerable students are among their biggest concerns as the November presidential election approaches. Those were among the takeaways from the conversations at the Atlanta stop of Capital B’s Black Political […]
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Quavo, Vice President Kamala Harris, Talk Gun Violence as ATL Advocates Seek Help
Atlanta rapper Quavo hosted Vice President Kamala Harris this week to discuss gun violence. And with the 2024 presidential race in full swing, some Atlantans who have been impacted by gun violence are asking what the Biden administration can do to keep guns off the streets and out of the hands of young people. “Everyday […]