Remembering Lamisha Moody

On Friday, there was a candlelight vigil held in honor of fifteen-year-old Lamisha Moody.  The high school student was innocently shot and killed not far from where she lived in the Jane Usher Boulevard neighborhood. She was not the intended target of the deadly attack, as the gunmen were there to take aim at Troy Hyde.  In the spray of bullets, both persons were mortally wounded.  Friends, family, students, as well as the faculty and staff of Anglican Cathedral College attended the vigil and shared testimonies.

 

Aunt of Deceased

“Lamisha da mi wahn bright person.  Lamisha smart.  Lamisha love to sing.  Lamisha da mi one ah di bravest person.  When her grandfather died, when di Fada look pan Lamisha, ih seh how dis young lee gial gwein sing?  She could stand up up deh?  And she rocked that church.  Lamisha was supposed to be one of our future… Lamisha’s life was taken innocently and I hope that the police get justice for my niece.  They took her away from us.  That was not right.”

 

 

 

ACC Student 1

“Lamisha was very close to me.  She was like a big sister to me.  Every evening we walked home, we told each other jokes.  We dance, we sing and she would always tell me, just remember that I da di older one, and we would laugh and talk.  I never expected this to happen because that same evening I was with her and when I heard the news, I was really broken.  I did not know what to do and I just want Lamisha to know that I wah always deh ya fu she and I wah be strong.”

 

 

ACC Student 2

“[Good] evening.  Me and Lamisha, we weren‘t that close but I will always remember the times when Lamisha told me to be strong, not only for her, but for my family.  And the day that her accident happened, Lamisha told me that she would see me the second day.  When I came to school, I was very heartbroken because I believed that I would have seen her.  No one knew that this would have happened to Lamisha.  All I pray is for Lamisha to know that I will always have her in my heart and I will always, always love her and she will forever be a part of the ACC family.”