Posted on 06/02/2020 12:41:24 AM PDT by Main Street
22-year-old woman was killed early Monday in an apparently random shooting as she was leaving a protest against police brutality in Davenport, her relatives said.
Italia Marie Kelly was one of two people fatally shot overnight in civil unrest. Kelly joined a protest over the death of George Floyd after getting off work Sunday night, according to her aunt, Amy Hale of Atchison, Kansas.
Kelly, who is biracial and went by the last name Impinto, and a friend were getting in a vehicle to leave around midnight because the protest outside a Walmart had turned unruly, Hale said.
That's when she was struck in the back by a bullet that went through her shoulder and chest, likely killing her instantly, Hale said. Attempts to resuscitate her were not successful, and Kelly was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death and that no arrests had been made. Her family called on any witnesses to come forward with information about the shooting and for an end to violence in the city.
"She was always smiling, always laughing. That's why it's so sad that she was taken in such a violent way," Hale said. "That is not Italia. She was the bright, bubbly big personality in the room."
Police said dozens of people gathered at a mall late Sunday and later fanned out across the city in vehicles, firing guns and damaging businesses. At one point, a police cruiser was ambushed with gunfire and an officer was injured.
Kelly was the oldest of five siblings. Her younger sister Jasmine Kelly, 19, recorded an emotional Facebook Live video hours after the shooting.
"A protester shot my sister! A protester!" she said. "You are so mad at the police that you are hurting everyone else."
Later, she added: "This was the ignorance of every single one of y'all that decided to shoot into a crowd. That bullet just happened to hit my sister."
Italia Marie Kelly, 22, and a friend were getting in a vehicle to leave around midnight because the protest outside a Walmart had turned unruly, Hale said.
Heartbreaking YouTube video made by the decreased girl's sister:
"A protester shot my sister. It was not the police. Because of you, I lost my sister."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfSZLKip0Zc
This is why my Give-A-Sh!t stops working as soon as the looting starts.
And the police are trying to investigate or help and none of the people at the peaceful protest/riot gives a shit about your sister. Sorry but it is true.
I imagine if she posted this on twitter they will rip her apart for it disparaging the protesters and all.
Heartbreaking video. So sorry for the loss of this young woman.
“ A protester shot my sister.”
Just a clue for the sister...that wasn’t a “protester.”
Lesson Learned: Leftist/Marxist/anarchist/black racists “KILL”.
Another clue: If you’re out in a crowd at midnight, you ain’t “protesting” anything.
Meanwhile every democrat leader and hollywood scum are calling Trump weak and dangerous or trying to calm the situation down.
I’m guessing a lot/most of them are out there for a bit of excitement after months of nothing to do. And for this gal, when it got too exciting, she decided to leave.
Sad.
Tragic. My daughter said her mother found out on FB. I was listening to the police scanner last night when it came out a female was one of two people killed in Davenport last night.
So sad that she was killed as they were trying leave.
There are people with evil intent, mixed in with those who are sincerely protesting.
(It may be better to take it to social media, while everything is so of control.)
Riots are dangerous places to be. Condolences to her family and friends, I know they are in pain. But anyone who hasn’t figured out that these are riots, not protests, is an idiot. And the scumbags who shot her don’t give a rats ass about her, or George Floyd.
What is with the fish face look when taking a selfie?
I guess people take “humor” pictures of themselves occasionally. Can’t say that is a flattering picture of her as I’m sure she has much better in her files.
She wasn’t shot by a “protester.” She was shot by a terrorist.
Proverbs 13:20, walk with the wise and become wise for the companion of fools suffers harm
She was picked out of the crowd and executed by the left.
The Left prevents responsible protest. The Left denies speech. The Left killed this young woman.
The Left is every POS supporting the Antifa terrorism — whether individually or through corporations.
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