{"id":29944,"date":"2022-03-22T00:32:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=29944"},"modified":"2022-03-22T00:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T00:32:10","slug":"6-year-old-killed-in-moorhead-shooting-remembered-one-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/22\/6-year-old-killed-in-moorhead-shooting-remembered-one-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"6-year-old killed in Moorhead shooting remembered one year later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) &#8211; A family is still in mourning as Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic shooting of a six-year old boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Moorhead Police responded to the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.valleynewslive.com\/2021\/03\/22\/6-year-old-boy-dies-in-moorhead-shooting\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> 400 block of Sunrise Cir.<\/a> last March where officers say four young children were left home alone, found a gun and shot and killed 6-year-old Marcellus Dixon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt just hurt losing him because that\u2019s just like losing one of your own. I love my children, but when the grandbabies come, you love them even more,\u201d Renee Williams, Marcellus\u2019 paternal grandmother said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Marcellus and his two siblings were visiting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.valleynewslive.com\/2021\/03\/25\/he-was-so-loving-mother-of-6-year-old-killed-in-moorhead-shooting-speaks-out\/\" rel=\"noopener\">their mom, Demetria Smith<\/a> last spring when Williams and official documents say Smith dropped the kids off at the Moorhead apartment complex and left with a friend to go to the mall and for drinks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI mean it\u2019s a sad situation,\u201d Williams said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">34-year-old Phillip Neal Jones Jr. has since been charged federally in connection to the shooting as officials say it was his gun the kids found under a chip box and fired the deadly round. As a convicted felon, Jones Jr. was prohibited from possessing a firearm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In recent court filings, Jones\u2019 attorney\u2019s wrote:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMr. Jones was informed while he was still in North Dakota that Marcellus died in his apartment. He is crushed by the thought that his gun possession ultimately led to the tragic accident in this case. Mr. Jones was very close to Marcellus. Even though they are technically cousins, he looked at Marcellus like his own son. He misses Marcellus every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Williams says as tragic as it is, she doesn\u2019t think Jones should have ever been charged because he was out of town when the shooting happened and didn\u2019t know kids were going to be in his home unsupervised. Instead, Williams says she\u2019s still fighting for Marcellus\u2019 mom to face charges and won\u2019t stop until prosecutors listen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI still want justice for Celly,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Along with Marcellus\u2019 9-year-old brother and 7-year-old sister, a memorial for Marcellus now lives in Williams\u2019 Georgia home where the family tells that goofy and spunky 6-year-old \u2018I love you\u2019 every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe miss him, we love him, but I know that he\u2019s in a better place,\u201d Williams said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Balloons were released by Williams and several of her family members and neighbors Monday afternoon at her home. You can watch the video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video | pb-3 w-100\">\n<p><span class=\"video-description\">Balloon release for Marcellus Dixon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jones has since pleaded guilty in the case and he\u2019s set to be sentenced later this month. He is expected to be sentenced to between three and five years in prison. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>Copyright 2022 KVLY. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleynewslive.com\/2022\/03\/22\/i-still-want-justice-6-year-old-killed-moorhead-shooting-remembered-one-year-later\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] FARGO, N.D. 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