Thread by @RamirezReports

The grandfather of Davon McNeal, the 11yo boy shot & killed in SE DC last night, cried, pleading for parents to step-up. Says his daughter, a Violence Interrupter who works with @trayonwhite held a July 4th event to watch the fireworks when MPD says a group started shooting.

Davon’s other grandfather tells me the family moved out of the neighborhood bc of the violence. They still have family here & mom threw a July 4th ‘stop the violence’ type cookout. John Ayala says 11yo Davon was only dropping by to pick up a charger & ear buds when shots rang out

Neighbors & @DCPoliceUnion confirm this is the same area where on June 29th, two people were seen in an Audi opening their doors & opening fire through the Cedar St. SE cul-de-sac & it looks like through the alley as well.
@DCPoliceDept posted to YouTube.
@fox5dc

John Ayala, tells @fox5dc he’s 11-year-old Davon McNeal’s paternal grandfather. Ayala says his grandson dreamed of being in the NFL & that everyone’s just tired of shootings in the community. He also mentions the Black Lives Matter protests in part of his interview.
@fox5dc

This is the emotional plea Tony Lawson gave @fox5dc on Sunday, asking parents to step-up. Lawson is the maternal grandfather to Davon McNeal, the 11-year-old boy shot and killed in SE DC last night. @fox5dc

Update: A DC official confirmed the 11yo victim’s mother is a DC Violence Interrupter.
I also talked to someone who told me she works closely with the victim’s mother — said what was organized Sat. on the 1400 block of Cedar St SE was a violence interrupter event.