Local News Article Quotes:
Mother: Jasmine Barnes' killing was a hail of glass, bullets
Fifteen-year-old Alxis Dilbert, Washington's oldest daughter, was sitting in the front passenger seat when she noticed a red truck pull up beside their vehicle. She described the driver as a blue-eyed white man wearing a black hoodie and looking sickly.
The family, who is black, didn't give the truck a second thought until it changed lanes, moving around from behind to the driver's side of Washington's vehicle and the driver opened fired. Washington was hit by gunfire in her arm. Jazmine was shot in the head and died at the scene.
"I didn't see anything but shattered glass and bullets coming toward my car," Washington said...
...community activists believe was racially motivated.
Washington said her 13-year-old daughter, Ebonee Dilbert, who sat behind Alxis in the back seat, then noticed the truck go behind their car, change lanes and pull next to them on the driver's side.
Washington said she can't remember how many shots were fired but "he emptied out his gun. I know that for a fact."
Washington said no words were ever exchanged between her and the driver and she doesn't believe this was a case of mistaken identity.
"We didn't do anything wrong to this man," Washington said. "This is something that I believe was a hate crime."