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Gwinnett Boy Shot While Riding Bike; Does His Black Life Matter?

Ni-Shawn Moore

6-year-old Ni-Shawn Moore was shot off his bicycle on a warm, sunny day as he rode near his home in Gwinnett County, GA on March 13.

Police say someone approached Ni-Shawn, right, and shot him point blank in the chest with a 22-caliber weapon.

Little Ni-Shawn could pass for singer Keyshia Cole‘s son, Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr., also age 6.

A 911 dispatch operator tried to talk a woman through the first aid procedure of applying a pressure bandage to Ni-Shawn’s wound. But the boy was in so much pain that he refused to let her touch him.

In another 911 recording, a frantic woman tells police the boy’s father and a group of men showed up at her home and threatened her.

The woman was hosting a backyard BBQ when Ni-Shawn was shot at about 6:18 p.m.

She said she didn’t know who shot him.

“I don’t know these people,” she told the dispatcher. “They came over with a big group, and we’re having a party. And they’re saying somebody shot their kid, and they’re going to come back and handle it.”

Ni-Shawn was discharged from Children’s Healthcare last week, but police say they have no lead on the suspect who shot him.

Which begs the question: where is Black Lives Matter? Do black lives only matter when they can be used as pawns to make political statements?

Would the suspect be caught by now if Ni-Shawn’s black life mattered?

Thank you to the AJC.com for keeping the spotlight on this story. The AJC has written 3 articles so far on Ni-Shawn. Imagine the hoopla on Black urban blogs and media if Ni-Shawn had been shot by a white cop.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Gwinnett police at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS. A $2,000 reward is being offered for information. You can remain anonymous.

Sandra Rose
Sandra Rose
Sandra Rose is founder of Sandrarose.com. She writes about entertainment, gossip, news, health, sports and fashion. Prior to launching her entertainment blog in 2007, Sandra was a well-known celebrity photographer in Atlanta. If you have a tip, email her at sandra@sandrarose.com
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