16-year-old killed in Durham, his twin shot days earlier, mother said
The mother of a 16-year-old killed Thursday tells WRAL News two of her sons were shot within two weeks.
Posted — UpdatedHis twin brother was shot in the leg on the same street last week and is recovering.
"He was good," Edwards said. "He was a good son. He was a good brother to his brother."
According to police, CPR was administered at the scene, but Cassidy died later at a nearby hospital.
Police said, a few moments after Cassidy was shot, a man was seen running from the scene with a handgun. The man left the scene in a stolen Red Chrysler Sebring, which was later seized by police.
"My baby was shot in the chest," Edwards said. "They had to open my baby up to jump start his heart ... they cut up my baby."
"I shouldn't have to bury my son," she said.
"I am sad," she said. "I am very angry. The are a lot of questions that I have about where have we gone wrong, either as parents, as guardians, in what we do, in what our community has or has not done to support these individuals."
Mayor Leonardo Williams also spoke, saying, to him, Cassidy's death is personal.
"The commonality here is that these are all mostly young Black boys under the age of 20 ... both the victims of the actual act and the ones that are committing it ... for me, this isn't political ... this is a personal reality that really frustrates me," Williams said.
Javonnte Patterson, 31, has been charged with possession of a firearm by felon in connection with the Fayetteville Street shooting.
A third shooting occurred around 6 p.m. Thursday near the American Tobacco Campus.
Police said a man suffering from a gunshot wound arrived at a nearby bus terminal. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Anyone with information about the shootings is urged to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 919-683-1200.
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