Makiyah’s mother, Donnetta Wilson, said she learned of the arrest on the same day she participated in a walk in her daughter’s honor. The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. on July 16 in the 300 block of 53rd Street NE, in Clay Terrace. D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announce the arrest of Qujuan Thomas, 20, in the child’s killing. Makiyah’s mother held her mortally wounded daughter, saying, “Please don’t let my baby die,” until paramedics took the girl to a hospital. On the day after the shooting, Makiyah’s mother said her child “was an amazing little girl, an outstanding, bright 10-year-old.

Source: Washington Post August 25, 2018 16:54 UTC