She Picked Her Twins Up From School And Was Walking Them Home When Her Ex Shot Then Killed Her
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On Friday, November 19th, 24-year-old Sykea Patton had picked up her 4-year-old twin boys from school and began walking home with them.
When Sykea and her twins got to North Preston Street at around 3:11 that afternoon, police say her ex-boyfriend, 28-year-old Donavan Crawford, shot her right there in front of her children.
Although an ambulance rushed Sykea to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, she sadly was pronounced dead a short time after arriving.
A few days later, Donavan was arrested and charged with a slew of different things, such as murder, weapons charges, and recklessly endangering another person.
He was denied bond and is currently behind bars.
Facebook; pictured above is 24-year-old mom Sykea Patton
Sykea’s loved ones say that she had a heart of gold and just adored her twin boys.
“They loved her,” Sykea’s grandma, Vernon Brown, said to NBC10 at a vigil held for Sykea. “And she was fun. And she didn’t deserve that.
During Sykea’s vigil, purple balloons were released in her honor. There were also candles lit for her and flowers set down on the street where she sadly passed away.
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“I’m suffering today,” Sykea’s dad, Joseph Patton explained. “I lost my daughter because of senseless gun violence. She didn’t deserve what happened to her. No woman deserves that.”
NBC10 went on to say that 240 women have been shot in Philadelphia this year alone, and 61 of those women were killed.
“The gun violence in this city, this has to stop. You know this has to stop,” Joseph continued. “I’m 60-years-old and they’re killing women and children every day here in the city.
There’s no respect, and there’s no love for nobody no more. We can’t live like this as a people, we have to do better.”
“Something has to change. Something has to change. It’s crazy. I’m burying my daughter this week.”
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