Remembrance for girl shot, killed in Silverton 1 year ago held Wednesday

THE WAY TODAY. A MARCH TO REMEMBER THE LIFE OF A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS GUNNED DOWN A YEAR AGO. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 530. I’M MIKE DARDIS AND I’M ASHLEY KIRKLEN D MYA BARTON PICKENS WAS VISITING HER GRANDMOTHER IN SILVERTON WHEN GUNFIRE ERUPTED AND RIDDLED THE HOUSE WITH BULLETS. THE YOUNG GIRL WAS HIT AND KILLED, AND NOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE PUSHING FOR JUSTICE. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S BRIAN HAMRICK WAS THERE FOR THE MARCH AND JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS STORY. HI, BRIAN. YEAH. ASHLEY. WELL, THE MARCH STARTED HERE AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. IT MADE A LOOP AROUND THE, UH, AROUND THE JUSTICE CENTER, WHERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED IN THIS CASE MAY HAVE EVEN HEARD THE CHANTS FROM THEIR JAIL CELLS. BUT WHAT THE MARCHERS WANTED WAS THEM TO HEAR MORE CLEARLY. THE GAVEL OF JUSTICE. FOR DANICA PICKENS. THE LAST YEAR IS NOT MEASURED IN TIME JUST FOR US, BUT IN EACH SMALL STEP, JUSTICE FOR MAMA. STOP THE VIOLENCE LIKE THE ONES TAKEN HERE. IT’S HARD. IT’S HARD TO HAVE A PATIENCE LIKE THIS WHEN YOU’RE FRUSTRATED. FRIENDS, FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY GATHERED FOR THIS MARCH TO REMEMBER THE MYA BARTON PICKENS MURDERED AT AGE NINE. DANICA IS HER MOTHER. IT REPLAYS ITSELF EVERY DAY I WAKE UP, EVERY DAY I SEE MY OTHER CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER. IT JUST IT JUST KEEPS REPLAYING ITSELF, YOU KNOW? SO IT’S NOT GETTING EASY AT ALL. JULY 2023. DEMYA WAS AT HER GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE ON PLAINFIELD ROAD IN SILVERTON WHEN SUDDENLY GUNSHOTS MATT POW POW POW POW POW LIKE THAT. WE GOT A JUVENILE SHOT. OKAY, I’M CLEAR. A JUVENILE SHOT SECURE, ABOUT 30 BULLETS, RIDDLED THE HOUSE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HIT AND KILLED DEMYA. THREE WERE ARRESTED JUST LAST MONTH. DEMARIO WILLIAMS PLEADED GUILTY CASES AGAINST KASIM DIXON AND RYAN BROWN ARE PENDING. MEANWHILE, JUSTICE FOR DEMYA. THOSE AT THE MARCH ARE NOT JUST SUPPORTING DEMYA FAMILY. HER GODMOTHER, KYLA MATTHEWS, SAYS THEY ARE ALL VICTIMS OF THE SAME CRIME. YOU DON’T JUST HURT THE ONE PERSON, YOU HURT THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU DON’T JUST HURT THE ONE PERSON YOU’RE TRYING TO TARGET. YOU DON’T HURT JUST THEM. YOU HURT THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU HURT THEIR SISTERS, THEIR SIBLINGS. ONE STEP AT A TIME. YEAH. NOW, SOME OF THE ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE GROUPS WERE OUT HERE. PART OF THIS MARCH AS WELL. BROTHER STATE INITIATIVE WAS HERE. THEY’RE TELLING US THEY SEE A LOT OF THIS CONNECTED TO THE SOME OF THE CASES ARE ALL CONNECTED BY ONE THING, GUN VIOLENCE. THEY TALK ABOUT THE CASE IN FLORENCE, WHERE FOUR WERE SHOT DEAD. THEY’RE ALSO MENTIONED THE CASE UP ON THE INTERSTATE 75 JUST YESTERDAY. WHERE SOMEONE PULLED A GUN. THEY SAY THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO ALL OF THESE REPORTING LIVE BR