Khadija Sonko, the mom of a young man who was shot useless in Liverpool six years ago, has expressed her desire to confront her son’s killer. Freebie , aged 18 at the time, was fatally shot in the head on Tagus Street, Toxteth, round 8.30pm on June 2, 2017. He was only per week away from finishing his A-Level exams. Since then, eight males have been arrested and remain underneath investigation in connection to the homicide, while one other man voluntarily attended a police interview. However, nobody has been charged with Yusuf’s homicide, in accordance with a Merseyside Police spokesperson.
On the sixth anniversary of her son’s death, Khadija Sonko, 45 years outdated, mentioned she must “face the person and ask him why. Why me? Why Yusuf?” She added, “Eighteen years is just too early, you don’t even let him enjoy his life. It’s simply depraved.” Believing that there are people who possess extra information about her son’s homicide, Sonko urged them to return ahead, stating, “Why do you have to make me endure with my family and keep the secret? This just isn’t snitching. This is a murder case, snitching and a homicide case are utterly completely different. If you retain that information to your self then you’re wicked, you have got a depraved heart.”
Yusuf Sonko’s capturing was certainly one of five that occurred within a week in Merseyside. He was one of three folks murdered in Liverpool during June 2017 in unrelated attacks. Last yr, there have been five deadly shootings within the area, together with the tragic dying of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Dovecot. Khadija Sonko shared her empathy for the mothers of different victims, saying, “I cry for them. Even though I don’t know who the mom is, I cry for them because I know what I’m going through, it by no means goes away. It’s all the time there.”