A manhunt is on for the cold-blooded killer who, early Sunday morning, shot four people in the head exection-style after lining them up against a wall near a set of bleachers at the K-8 Mount Vernon School. Only one survived.
The killer struck at random when, according to police, the four victims were sitting outside of the Newark, N.J. school listening to music.
Ofemi Hightower, Deshawn Harvey and Terrance Aeriel were shot and killed. Natasha Aeriel, Terrance’s sister, was able to survive when the bullet entered her ear and lodged in her sinuses.
Natasha and Terrance were both students at the University of Delaware. Natasha will have to continue there, as a Biology major, without the support of her brother.
Hightower was her best friend who hoped to attend the University of Deleware with Natasha and her brother. She was currently working in Newark at a nursing home.
Family members had been told that the four friends were going to a party the night that the incident occurred.
Politicians and Law Enforcement Officers are admittedly stumped. They do not have answers for the devastated family members.
“The only thing I can think of is mandatory curfew, because nothing else works,” said Beverly Reid, the great aunt of two of the victims.
The question is: Will a mandatory curfew actually have prevented this crime?
The likely answer is a resounding “No”. The victims were all adults which means — unless we want curfews for adults — that they would not have been affected by the law.
If we are talking about a curfew for adults then there is a bigger issue. When does the government have the authority to enact and enforce such laws? These are the kinds of questions that need to be thoroughly considered before enacting such Draconian laws.
