Teen kin of slay vics fears for life
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy who lost his mother, brother and sister in this week’s quadruple homicide in upstate New York fears for his safety, saying he is “scared to go to the corner store.”
The teen and other relatives of the Troy victims spoke out Thursday, pleading with the public to help the police catch the person or people who killed their loved ones.
“Give the information to the authorities so that they can help find the person who has destroyed us, emotionally, mentally,” Shakera Symes, the sister of victim Shanta Myers, told the Times Union. “It feels like somebody has ripped us to shreds.”
Myers, who was 36, was found dead along with her two children and her 22-year-old partner Brandi Mells.
Cops have said that the victims likely were targeted, but have not given out much other information. The victims were found tied up with their throats cut, sources told the Times Union.
Isaiah Smith lost his 11-yearold brother Jeremiah and his 5-year-old sister Shanise, as well as his mother. He was not home at the time of the slayings.
“I’m scared to go to the corner store,” he told the paper. “I’m not sure if they’re coming for me next.”
Troy Police Chief John Tedesco said earlier this week that he has “never seen savagery like this.”
Symes said her sister was a sweet woman who loved to cook for family gatherings. She said Myers would never have been involved in anything that could provoke such an attack.
“My sister was supposed to be with me and her children, all three of them, for Christmas, and I got robbed of that opportunity,” Symes told the Times Union.
She said that Shanise was set to cook spaghetti as part of their Christmas celebration.
Jeremiah, also known as “JJ,” loved basketball and spent a lot of time at the Boys & Girls Club.
The club launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family. HOLY GUACAMOLE!
A TRUCK CRASH and fire led to 40,000 pounds of avocado spilling onto a Texas highway, causing millennials across the country to weep into their morning avocado toast.
The incident occurred on the southbound lane of Interstate 35E just south of Dallas on Thursday afternoon. According to WFAA, no one was injured. Officials don’t know what exactly caused the crash, though the Texas Department of Public Safety indicated it may have been a mechanical issue.
Aerial news choppers spotted firefighters putting out the fire and cleaning up the thousands of pounds of avocados from the highway, which took nearly three hours.