Posted on 12/26/2023 9:37:15 PM PST by Morgana
A 23-year-old Florida mother-of-two has been shot and killed following an argument over Christmas presents.
Abrielle Baldwin was killed on Christmas Eve at their grandmother's home in Largo, Florida.
Police believe the gun was fired by her 14-year-old brother Damarcus Coley who was then shot by their 15-year-old sibling, Darcus Coley.
It is alleged Darcus fled the scene and then made a call to their mother.
Damarcus and his sister were taken to hospital, where he underwent surgery, but Abrielle did not survive her injuries.
Both brothers have been charged with murder, and the state is considering trying them as adults.
The drama began when the siblings went shopping with their mother, Joyce, and Arielle's two children - a six-year-old son, and an 11-month-old baby boy.
They returned to their grandmother's house in Largo and began arguing, with the 15-year-old saying his younger brother was getting more than him.
'The fact that you get two teenagers arguing over presents - a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old - that happens,' said Bob Gualtieri, the sheriff of Pinellas County. 'But not with guns.'
The 14-year-old, Damarcus, allegedly pulled out a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun and threatened to shoot his brother in the head - but their uncle managed to remove him from the home, Gualtieri explained.
Outside, it is understood Damarcus was confronted by their sister, who was carrying her 11-month-old son in a baby carrier.
'You all need to leave that stuff alone. Why are you trying to start it? It's Christmas,' she told him, in audio captured by a neighbor's home camera system, and obtained by The Tampa Bay Times.
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Kinda depends on who screws us on our Kwanza gifts. No more corn or dashikis, that's just mailing it in.
Tampa area. Expect more criminality.
This is a tragedy that needs to be shown/printed for months to come.
Where did the kids get the guns -legal or illegal/stolen?
Why so much evil in kids so young?
Is the black fascist movement going to blame it on White Racism?
Will any major so-called black leader condemn it for what it really is, the result of the old style black family and self-discipline/control and then ask “Why”?
I suspect The Obama family will step in and help raise the orphan child and pay for the funeral. They do care so much.
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