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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — The beingness of 9-year-old Janessa Ramirez was taken successful a shooting and a decennary later, family, friends and the assemblage came unneurotic to support her representation alive.
Janessa Ramirez would person been 19 years old.
"Ten years aboriginal and inactive precise devastated and heartbroken. And being present benignant of similar gives maine the chills," Stacey Gonzales, Janessa's Mom said.
9-year-old Janessa was lasting successful beforehand of a West Central Fresno laundromat with her ma erstwhile she was struck by a stray slug during a pack quality backmost successful 2015.
"She was laying connected the crushed and was telling maine that her tummy was burning and her chest, her backmost was hurting. So, erstwhile I rolled her to spot wherefore her back, you spot similar a cigaret burn, and it was actually, the woman confirmed that she was shot," Gonzales said.
Janessa's ma relives this representation each day.
"She told maine she's seeing Jesus and past she told maine she loved maine and past she closed her eyes. So, it's a bid to know, like, you know, I did rise a precise good, God-fearing kid that, you know, the Lord was with her," Gonzales said.
Janessa was a 4th grader successful Central Unified School District.
A assistance was named successful Janessa's honor 4 years ago.
A mural painted connected the Granville-Teague Community Resource Center successful Northwest Fresno raises consciousness of the effects of pack violence.
"It's conscionable truly troubling to cognize that each these years aboriginal that we are struggling to enactment unneurotic services to prioritize the rights for transgression victims," Beloved Survivors' Trauma Recovery Center advocator Tina Rodriguez said
Rodriguez said no 1 should person to spell done this pain.
"Having to aftermath up each time and grieve her daughter. And those are the things that cipher understands. How are you going to eat? How are you going to wage your life? How are you going to wage your rent? Then trying to wrapper your encephalon around, I mislaid my child, my nine-year-old," Rodriguez said.
Brian Cooks was convicted of sidesplitting Janessa successful 2018 and sentenced to 21 years.
However, Cooks petitioned for re-sentencing past twelvemonth nether a California instrumentality and was reduced to 16 years.
"He's going to get retired sooner than helium should. So, it's not a bully thing. I felt similar helium should person been a batch longer for what he's done," Gonzales said.
Janessa's ma besides said she is presently moving connected penning a publication called "Forever Nine" to archer the communicative of her daughter.
