COVINGTON, Ky — Dozens gathered in Covington to recollect a lady shot and killed three weeks in the past. Pals hosted a profit for 25-year-old Kierra Lane to boost cash for her household, together with her two younger youngsters.
Lane was shot a number of instances on W thirty fourth St in Latonia. Police took 38-year-old Mario Duran Payne in custody. Police stated he was the daddy of Lane’s youngsters.
“That was the worst day of my life,” stated Lane’s finest good friend Zynia Jones.
Jones stated Lane was stuffed with “positivity and love.” She was a part of a packed crowd at Riverfront Pizza in Covington Sunday elevating cash for Lane’s household.
Friends paid a canopy cost and bought raffle tickets to win prizes donated by native companies.
Organizers stated it was too early to inform how a lot cash was raised by early Sunday night, however described it as “loads.”
“It hurts as a result of I want that she might be right here,” Jones stated. “I’d a lot reasonably her be right here, however to see so many individuals come out and help her and love her means essentially the most as a result of that is what she deserves.”
Nivea Conrad, Lane’s youthful sister, advised WCPO she was there with Lane’s children when Lane was shot and killed.
“I do not assume I’ve essentially like processed it absolutely,” she stated. “However being her voice and doing interviews like this simply helps me be robust and it is like me telling her story.”
Conrad desires to ensure that Lane’s story shouldn’t be forgotten.
“She was a uncommon one-in-a-million kind of individual,” she stated. “She was very actual to everybody.”
“She’s a lovely individual, at all times advised the reality,” stated Kaleena Morrison, an in depth household good friend.
The household has arrange a GoFundMe to assist with bills. You may donate right here.
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