The Baltimore community comes together to mourn the 6-year-old who was killed by shots

The emotions were high when the family and friends gathered on Wednesday to remember the 6-year-old Micah Comegys, who was killed by shots in Baltimores Poppleton Neighborhood.

Micah was known for the fact that a great personality at such a young age and his love for Spider-Man and Sonic ..

“Micah was such a little being, but a great spirit, so much life in his eyes,” said the family of the family, radiole Barnes.

He was about to end his kindergarten year in Mary E. Rodman primary school in Baltimores before finding dead on Saturday, May 3, in a shot in a house in Vine Street.

The police investigated who had deducted the deduction and why the boy was in this neighborhood, about three miles from his house in the municipality of St. Joseph.

The Baltimore police said Micah was found alone in the house with a gun next to his body.

“We will never be the same again,” said the family of the family, Akewi Barnes.

“We won a nice angel”

Friends told WJZ at the vigil on Wednesday in Carroll Park that Micah's death was devastating.

According to Akewi Barnes, there were balloons and other homes for Micah, who was “always happy and full of life”.

“We lost it in the meat, but we won a nice angel in spirit,” added Sparkle Barnes.

Answer from school

Baltimore City Public Schools confirmed WJZ that Micah was a student at Mary E. Rodman Elementary School.

The school sent a letter to families.

“With deep sadness, we will inform you about the recent death of one of our students,” said the school in the letter. “Our thoughts are with his family in this difficult time. This death will surely raise many emotions, concerns and questions for the entire school, especially for our students. The crisis reaction team from the Baltimore City Public Schools offers students and employees.”

Poppleton Community demands help

After the child's death, the Poppleton Now Community Association asked the city to provide people in this community more resources.

Sonia Eaddy, who lived in the Poppleton section of the city all her life, remembers busy sidewalks, whereby neighbors spoke together, shared meals together and helps each other.

It now accuses the city to displace the residents and to eliminate the community.

Eaddy says it can feel like a forgotten neighborhood, and this tragedy underlines why the community needs support.

“Nobody looks at the needs,” said Eaddy. “We just look at what happened. But if we can use these things … [to] If this need is satisfied, then many of these things that our youth are exposed would not be here, ”said Eaddy.