Sentenced: Rashonda Craig Did Not Realize Her Son, T'rhigi Craig Diggs, 3 Was Shot

[Sugar Cookie]

A Georgia mother did not realize her 3-year-old son had been shot dead in his car seat on Easter Sunday by a teenager who has now been charged with his murder.

Police have said the boy's mom had heard a gunshot but did not think anything of it until she realized he was unresponsive and pulled her car over.

T'Rhigi Craig Diggs was shot while sitting in a car outside a gas station in DeKalb County, east of Atlanta.

The deadly shot, initially believed to be the result of a drive-by, was fired from a gas station in the neighborhood, DeKalb County police said.

The name of the 15-year-old teenager arrested Wednesday has not been released because he is a juvenile.

The shot child was taken to a local hospital after the shooting but later died. His mother, Rashonda Craig said she was driving in southeast Atlanta late at night when the incident happened.

She told Channel 2 Action News she saw a paintball gun.

'And then I heard a real gun,' Craig said.

Craig realized her son, who was strapped in the car seat behind her, was unresponsive and pulled over to attend to him, DeKalb police Lt. Lonzy Robertson said.

Police are appealing to witnesses of the shooting to come forward.

'The loss of T'Rhigi is tragic and senseless,' DeKalb police chief Chief James W. Conroy said in a news release.

'It is my hope that this arrest will bring some sense of comfort and closure to his family.'

T'Rhigi's parents told Channel 2 that they were stunned to hear that police believe their child was killed by a child.

'That's sad, people need to learn how to keep their children in their house, in school,' said Rashonda Craig.

Police said that surveillance footage from the gas station and interviews with witnesses led them to the shooter, but they have not explained why the boy allegedly fired the shot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ze-three-year-old-son-shot-dead-seat-car.html

 

[Anubis]

Tahreegee? :shrug:

 

[Brillig]

Sadly, the tot no longer has to worry about having a stupid, hard to pronounce name.

 

[Forensicwx]

Charge him as an adult and give him 25.

These little punks need to learn that there are consequences to their pretend wanna-be gangster bullshit.

This was obviously a stray bullet which tells me he didn’t care one bit where his bullets ended up.

 

[cubby]

Tahreegee?

That's as close as I could get to it, too.

 

[Stormcloud]

The name of the 15-year-old teenager arrested Wednesday has not been released because he is a juvenile.

So was the kid he murdered. He shot a damn BABY because, at best, he never bothered learning the most important rule. AIM.

 

[Satanica]

Plus he was probably holding it sideways, gangta style.

 

[Sejanus]

Someone pronounce that name for me, please.

T'Challa?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Sept 5, 2019

Tensions rose among family Monday in a DeKalb County courtroom as details emerged in the death of T'Rhigi "Ralo" Diggs, a 3-year-old who police say was shot dead on Easter by a middle school student.

The story was bizarre and maddening for the relatives crowded into the pews — for those who came to support the child who is dead, and for those who came on behalf of the child who stands accused of murder.

Detective Chris Tappan said T'Rhigi died because the teen was shooting a handgun at people who'd assaulted him with paintballs. It happened amid a surge of paintball attacks around metro Atlanta in recent months.

A few carloads of pranksters unleashed a load of paint on the Texaco station on Bouldercrest Road, near Eastland Road. Several people were hit, including 15-year-old Christopher Cullins, the detective testified.

Cullins, who is charged as an adult, was at the Texaco, along with his sister, his mother and his cousin.
After getting pelted, Cullins grabbed a real handgun from his cousin’s car and fired toward the cars that had been shooting the paintballs, the suspect later told police.

He missed, but the bullet instead struck the SUV T’Rhigi’s mother was driving on Eastland Road. The bullet went into the backseat and hit the boy, who was asleep in his carseat, Tappan said.

Blood poured from his chest and he began to cry.

Meanwhile, Cullins and his family left the station, the detective said. It isn’t clear whether they knew at the time that the child had been shot.

The toddler’s mother, Rashonda Craig, 26, pulled over and saw the blood. T’Rhigi, who would always say “Momma” when he was in pain, only wailed until he stopped breathing.

The detective said Cullins’ sister encouraged him to surrender, but he resisted. She decided to tell police what happened.

She said she heard her brother scream, “I don’t give a (expletive),” while firing the gun.

Officers went to Sylvan Hills Middle School in Atlanta and arrested him 10 days after the shooting. He agreed to speak to investigators.

“He said shooting the child was a mistake,” Tappan testified. “He said he fired at the people with the paintball guns.”

Rapper 21 Savage comforted the boy’s mother and he paid for the funeral.

21 Savage popularized the trend by posting a video online encouraging people to leave their bullets behind and instead use paintballs, the detective said.

Paintball fight led 15-year-old to kill toddler in DeKalb, cop says

Tension mounted and voices rose Monday afternoon in a DeKalb County courtroom as a detective detailed the death of T’Rhigi “Ralo” Diggs, a 3-year-old who police say was shot dead on Easter by a middle school student.

www.ajc.com

 

[caitierig]

Well, Mr Savage, while it’s admirable that you paid for the funeral, how about advocating not shooting anything at anyone? And the mom drove away after her son shot a gun at people and didn’t see if someone was hurt or call the cops? If my kid ever fired a fucking gun at someone, I’m taking them straight to the cops after a quick stop to whip their ass. Right after I make sure no one is hurt.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

 

[agm8478]

Dear God. This child grabbed a loaded handgun because someone shot at him with a paintball gun?! And now he’s sorry he killed a baby? These people have truly lost their minds thinking an apology would make this right.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[GoneWest]

However you say that baby’s name, he was flipping adorable!
And what kinda dummy is 15 and still in middle school?

 

[Taishobee]

Dressing him like a gang banger ugh

 

[GoneWest]

Dressing him like a gang banger ugh

Nike sports attire and a backwards cap is hardly “gang banger attire”. In the last outfit I think he looks like styling preacher man.
Maybe not Choo choo trains or Elmo, but I think he looks precious.

 

[Satanica]

Yeah, you can tell they enjoyed dressing him up and taking photos. I also just love that last one.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston has announced a conviction by guilty plea in the case against a Decatur teen charged in the fatal 2018 Easter Sunday shooting of a three-year-old boy, according to a press release. During court proceedings on Friday, 19-year-old Christopher Cullins pleaded guilty to charges of Voluntary Manslaughter and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony in connection with the shooting death of three-year-old T’rhigi Craig Diggs.

The young child was shot and killed on April 1, 2018 in DeKalb County. His mother, Roshanda Craig, was driving through the intersection when a bullet pierced the rear door, striking her child who was asleep in the back seat of the car. The investigation revealed that Defendant Cullins, then 15 years old, was at the nearby Texaco gas station with members of his family, to include his mother, sister, and cousin. Just prior to the shooting, occupants inside a trio of cars driving by the gas station began firing paintballs from the vehicles- striking gas pumps, the convenience store windows, and several people, including Defendant Cullins.

Following his plea, Defendant Cullins was sentenced by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick to 20 years to serve 13 in custody with the balance on probation.

According to the terms of the negotiated plea agreement, Cullins is prohibited from having contact with the victim’s mother or grandmother in person, or electronically- including via phone, text, or social media.

Teen who shot child while retaliating against ‘paintball shooters’ sentenced

DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston has announced a conviction by guilty plea in the case against a Decatur teen charged in the fatal 2018 Easter Sunday shooting of a three-year-old boy, according to a press release.

www.cbs46.com