TaQuan Pinkney had plans to start college at the University of the District of Columbia this fall and was his sister’s best friend. Then, he was shot and killed Sunday while going to buy a soda. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with Pinkney’s heartbroken mother.
A 17-year-old is being charged with premeditated murder in the shooting of an 18-year-old who was preparing to start college this fall.
Elijah Jarmon, of Southeast, D.C., was arrested Monday on a warrant for first-degree murder while armed.
Taquan Pinkney was coming home after getting a soda at a corner store in Southeast D.C., his mother told News4. She said that gunfire broke out, and Pinkney ran. He was struck in the back.
Police responded 1:30 p.m. to the 2800 block of Stanton Road, finding Pinkney suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital and later died.
"It's sad," Pinkney's mother, Yolanda Pinkney, told News4. "Who gets it... the innocent."
Pinkney was a four-year member of Horton's Kids, a non-profit that provides homework help and tutoring in the neighborhood. The goal is to help kids graduate high school and prepare for college.
Pinkney was a success story: The group posted that he had been headed to the University of District of Columbia this fall and had been working at a restaurant to pay his tuition.
