SJPD Asks Community for Info on Shooting (8-11-20)

SJPD Asks Community for Info on Shooting (8-11-20)

People in midtown and around the city are still grappling with sunday's shooting death of two year old raelyn craig.

While st.

Joseph police continue to investigate her death -- along with other recent shootings they say are linked to this one, they say they need help in giving realyn the justice she deserves..

Here's kq2's kilee thomas there is a growing memorial for a 2-year-old girl craig.who was shot and killed in a drive by shooting sunday afternoonwhile the community demands justice they need their help "it's imperative that we get the cooperation of the community in cases like this."the st.

Joseph police department is investing sunday's drive by shooting says cases like raelynn's require the community to stand up and speak outbut the community has remained silent.

"there isn't a magic wand we can wave in these types of investigations.

They're difficult to do.

It isn't like t.v.

We can't flip over some piece of evidence that tells us who the suspect is.

It takes cooperation, it takes communication."

"they obviously know exactly who was all shot, they know the details of why it happened but they aren't speaking.

There is a fire and instead of putting one out, we've created several small fires."

Midtown leaders say people who have information on the shooting are keeping quiet because they what would happen if they did say something"i do know that the community a lot of times is scared to speak up based on retaliation, based on the fact that they don't feel safe contacting anonymously."mayor mcmurray and st.

Joseph police say the p3tips website is completely anonymous the whole point, that it would be anonymous so that people who feared retaliation wouldn't have to be afraid of that."

And speaking up has an incentive.

"there's at least a $1,000 reward for information, so it can be given anonymously.

Without the cooperation of the community, the case to present to the prosecutor to prosecute these that, these terrible things will keep going on."

St.

Joseph has seen a spike in gun violence police believe is tied to the same group of people who killed raelynn"so, if we're able to get some cooperation and bring a couple of these cases then we're going to have a major effect on that number because i feel like the majority of that is linked to the same group of a trend city leaders say doesn't have to continue "the only way to people come forward and defend their community."

Reporting in st.

Joseph kilee if you have any information - police ask you send an anonymous tip to their tips website or app...the website it