The years Sequoya Carpenter had with her mother were too few far too few.
But at 19 years old, Sequoya has built enough memories of her mother, Latoya Renee Carpenter, to last a life time.
The mother who would often go outside to play hop scotch with her three daughters.
The mother who would buy a 1,000-piece puzzle and solve it in the course of a night.
The mother who always wanted to be included in the boy talk.
“My mom was a happy, spirited person,” Sequoya said. “She was a mother, but she was more of a best friend she was both.”
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One woman is dead and five others were injured in a drive-by shooting that took place at a vigil for another shooting victim, who died last year at a Dollar General store near Columbus, Ohio.
Mourners gathered at the parking lot of the Dollar General when a dark-colored SUV drove by and opened fire on the crowd. Latoya Carpenter, 39, died after being struck in the head by a stray bullet while driving past the scene, and five others who were shot, including a 12-year-old girl, were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Franklin County Sheriff s Office.