15 year old boy who pulled trigger insists shooting death of 13 year old Pine Hills, Florida girl, Emony Nicole Jackson was accidental as victim’s family now demands justice.
The family of a 13-year-old girl fatally gunned down at the hands of a 15-year-old boy are demanding justice as the alleged shooter told Florida deputies the shooting was ‘accidental.’
Emony Nicole Jackson‘s alleged killer, approached responding deputies on Thursday evening, December 25 at a home in Pine Hills, Florida., saying ‘he was responsible for the shooting,’ while claiming that it was ‘accidental.’
The juvenile, who was not identified because of his age was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
15 year old juvenile admits shooting 13-year-old girl but insists shooting was accidental
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office in a press release said the Christmas Day shooting happened at 4:45 p.m. First responders brought Emony — who was found with a single gunshot wound — to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Information about the circumstances that led up to the alleged shooting was not shared. The relationship between the two teenagers was not made public.
Come Saturday, the victim’s family attended a candlelight vigil for Jackson. Her aunt, Cynthia Williams, told WESH that the girl’s family did not believe the alleged shooting was an accident. She said, ‘In my eyes, there can never be an accident like that,’ adding, ‘All we want is justice.’
Tremaine Henderson, Emony’s cousin, told WESH that the family had already mourned the loss of Emony’s mother and younger sister in 2017. The 13-year-old, Henderson said, ‘went through a lot in her life. But the lemons she was given, she made lemonade out of it.’
13-year-old girl had dreams as family demands accountability in her shooting death
According to family, the middle schooler was looking forward to high school and wanted to become a cheerleader. Henderson said, ‘She had goals. She would never get to go to prom. She would never get to go to college.’
Henderson said the family is struggling with the reality that while the teen charged in the case will still have his family, Emony will never come home.
‘He’s a child, but at the end of the day, his family will get to see him,’ Henderson said. ‘My family won’t get to see Emony anymore.’
‘In my eyes, there can never be an accident like that,’ the relative said. ‘How we reckon with it is: all we want is justice.’
The alleged shooting is still being investigated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
