Mom speaks out after her teen son was shot, killed
The mom of a teen murdered at Union Station is talking out after the deadly capturing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The mom of a teen murdered at Union Station is talking out after the deadly capturing.
Sunyetta Thornton spoke to FOX 5’s Bob Barnard after her son, Wayne McDaniels, was killed on Monday.
“I do not want this on nobody. I swear I do not. I pray to God. This must cease. This actually must cease.”
Her son, an 18-year-old graduate of Dunbar Excessive College, was a aggressive bike racer. Thornton shared that McDaniels had been on home arrest since October when he was shot and killed.
“This isn’t what I need. I am out and in of my son’s room. I am in his room proper now. His bed room as a result of this isn’t one thing I do. I do not come into my youngsters’ room, however I needed to sleep in his mattress the opposite day as a result of I simply wanted that contact… his scent. I did not get my final probability to say ‘I really like you’… like we at all times say when he leaves out right here… or I pass over.”
In line with the sufferer’s mom, McDaniels was shot after a quick interplay with someone, who pulled out a gun. Thornton is a single-mother of three.
“I simply need solutions. I simply need the neighborhood to assist me discover his killer. Carry this individual to justice. Converse up in case you had been mates with him and also you say that you simply beloved him and also you cared for him and if you already know this particular person… any person who was with him at Union Station that day… please converse up… name the police… name the information… anonymously. Assist me assist my son get justice.”
Suspect photographs launched
Detectives have launched photographs of an individual they’ve recognized as a suspect in connection to Monday’s murder within the parking storage of Union Station.
Incident particulars timeline
The capturing occurred round 4:40 p.m. D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith mentioned Amtrak law enforcement officials had been the primary to reply to the gunshots. The capturing befell close to the escalators resulting in the parking storage on the station’s higher degree.
The sufferer, a person, died on the scene. Smith mentioned that detectives consider the shooter and sufferer appeared to know one another.
Ongoing investigation updates
Smith mentioned detectives had been reviewing video footage of the incident, which exhibits the 2 males coming into a ready space of the parking storage earlier than the capturing occurred. The sufferer allegedly grabbed one thing from the shooter earlier than the suspect opened fireplace.
The Supply: DC Police and FOX 5 DC
