Family Gathers At Scene Of Fatal Double Shooting Of Modesto Teens

MODESTO (CBS13) — Family and friends gathered astatine a parkland adjacent Thrasher Avenue and Oregon Drive successful Modesto, watching successful frustration. Despite hours of constabulary investigation, they accidental they’re getting fewer answers astir the deaths of a 17- and 19-year-old who were changeable and killed successful wide daylight.

“You each not picking him up, if that was your household member, however would you feel,” Trinity Colter said to officers connected scene.

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Colter is the sister of 19-year-old Taurean Travis, who is known arsenic section rapper K5.

“It’s not right” she said. “In Modesto, everyone is dying. It’s truly sad. It’s pathetic!”

Police responded to the shooting connected the 600 artifact of Thrasher Avenue astatine 1:22 p.m. Tuesday. The 2 deaths people the 10th and 11th homicides for the metropolis successful 2021. There were 16 homicides successful Modesto past year.

“It could hap to immoderate of america successful the hood,” Colter said.

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Tiffany Cox, the sister of 17-year-old Julian Sisk, believes archetypal responders didn’t bash capable to prevention her brother.

“They didn’t adjacent fto anybody successful arsenic my small member was gasping for air,” she explained. “They are laying connected the ground. Get paramedics connected them, zap them. Come on, enactment connected them.”

Two lives lost, and the crushed is inactive unclear arsenic constabulary look for a motive.

“It’s truly sick however this satellite is present a days. What are we expected to do?” Colter said. “Who is my kid going to telephone uncle? This isn’t right.”

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Modesto PD are not releasing immoderate details connected a motive oregon fishy astatine this time. Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction constabulary astatine (209) 342-9104 oregon Crime Stoppers astatine (209) 521-4636.

Velena Jones