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

WSBTV.com News Staff
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Parents and loved ones are looking for answers two years later in the deaths of family members struck by bullets at a 4th of July fireworks celebration at the intersection of Auburn Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive in Atlanta.

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

“The pain is still in my heart. I cry every day. I have been crying every day for 21 months,” Rosa Robinson said.

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Erica Robinson graduated college, was gainfully employed and had a genuine love for helping people, her family said.

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

Joshua Ingram was a freshman at Georgia State University where he was studying mechanical engineering.

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“I lost something that I never thought I never thought I would lose,” Rodney Ingram, Joshua Ingram’s father said. “You know you get old, your kids... you don’t get old to bury your kids, your kids bury you.”

Police are searching for five men seen in surveillance video holding firearms.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said she wants anyone with information to come forward to hold these individuals accountable.

“I, with these families, come before you to ask the public to come forward giving information,” Willis said.

A total of 16 people were shot that night, Willis said.

“I just pray. I just keep praying. I ask God for strength,” Rosa Robinson said.

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