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Fallen Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley’s family shared an emotional message on Christmas Eve after removing Holley from life support on Thursday following a fatal shooting that left her in critical condition.
Authorities arrested two suspects, including 31-year-old Elliot Knox and 32-year-old Travon Shaw were on Dec. 17 in connection to the Dec. 16 shooting that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan described as an “ambush-style” attack.
“Something has to be done about it,” said Holley’s sister, Lawanda Skyes, of Baltimore’s violent crime in an interview with FOX 45 Baltimore. “Whether it comes from our politicians or police department, whatever, no matter what. But, the message has to go to the person who’s picking up the gun.”
Officer Holley
(Baltimore PD Facebook page)
She added that “everybody does not have or was given the love that my sister had, and maybe that was missing from them.”
“The only hope that I can find is as that they find forgiveness in God,” she said.
BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN ‘AMBUSH-STYLE’ ATTACK ON LIFE SUPPORT: BRAZEN, COWARDLY ACT
Holley’s mother, Karen Eaddy, wished “everyone” a Merry Christmas, saying that the holiday is “still merry” to her because she has her grandchildren. Holley, 39, was a mother of four, including a 10-year-old son, according to FOX 45.
“I may not have my child but I have my grandkids,” she told the outlet. “So, I have to lift myself up and lift them up to have Christmas without their mom.”
Holley was on duty during the early morning of Dec. 16 when the suspects walked up to the rear or alongside the vehicle and began firing inside in a “cowardly, brazen act,” striking the 39-year-old in the head, according to Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Michael Harrison.
Travon Shaw, 32, (left) and Elliot Knox, 31, (right) are both charged for the attempted murder of Officer Holley, as well as the murder of Justin Johnson.
(Baltimore Police)
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