Family wants answers in deaths of their loved ones killed in Atlanta 4th of July shooting

ATLANTA — Mother and father and family members are searching for solutions two years later within the deaths of members of the family struck by bullets at a 4th of July fireworks celebration on the intersection of Auburn Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive in Atlanta.

Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne spoke with the households of Joshua Ingram and Erica Robinson, who had been killed by stray bullets in 2020.

“The ache continues to be in my coronary heart. I cry every single day. I’ve been crying every single day for 21 months,” Rosa Robinson stated.

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Erica Robinson graduated faculty, was gainfully employed and had a real love for serving to folks, her household stated.

Sherylyn Ingram, Joshua Ingram’s mom, says she cries every single day for her son and each single night time, she goes into his room and says her prayers along with her son.

Joshua Ingram was a freshman at Georgia State College the place he was learning mechanical engineering.

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“I misplaced one thing that I by no means thought I by no means thought I’d lose,” Rodney Ingram, Joshua Ingram’s father stated. “You understand you get previous, your children… you don’t get previous to bury your children, your children bury you.”

Police are trying to find 5 males seen in surveillance video holding firearms.

Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis stated she needs anybody with info to come back ahead to carry these people accountable.

“I, with these households, come earlier than you to ask the general public to come back ahead giving info,” Willis stated.

A complete of 16 folks had been shot that night time, Willis stated.

“I simply pray. I simply hold praying. I ask God for energy,” Rosa Robinson stated.

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