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Family of security officer gunned down still seeks answers http://www.privateofficer.com
Dallas TX. Nov 28 2008
dallasnews.com
On this day, when we give thanks for the people we love, it’s impossible to know how long their lives will last.
For Sherita Washington and her husband, it was not very long.
Last year, on the day after Thanksgiving, a gunman killed her husband, Bobby, for seemingly no reason.
This year, his widow says there is still plenty to be grateful for.
The murder took place downtown where Bobby Washington was working as the doorman for a party in a penthouse.
The timing sent shock waves throughout the entire community.
But the community response is what they are grateful for.
Like any family, Sherita Washington and her sister want Thanksgiving dinner to be perfect.
But as she gets ready for this Thanksgiving, Sherita can’t help but remember the last one, the last she spent with her husband of eight years.
“My husband, he just wanted to do dinner at home, with just the family, just me and the children,” she said.
The very next day, less than two hours after starting a security job in downtown Dallas, Bobby Washington was dead, shot down by a stranger whose motive remains unknown.
The murder left Sherita raising four children alone, a Thanksgiving tragedy so profound, that when News 8 viewers saw the family facing a bleak Christmas, they got so many gifts, they ended up giving some away.
“I was able to help out a family that didn’t have anything. She had four kids of her own,” said Sherita.
A year later, these kids all say they remember their dad.
But at this age, they don’t really understand death.
“They say ‘call him’… that’s the hardest for me and I go take a shower. I take care of my tears in the shower, so they won’t see me. I try to be strong for them a lot,” said Sherita.
With support from family and new-found friends, she’s trying to move on, thankful for the man she had, and the lives still left to live.
“I look at it as God just sent an angel down eight and a half years to give me four children and damn, he’s gone,” Sherita added.
But in these five faces, his love, and his legacy live on.
On this day, when we give thanks for the people we love, it’s impossible to know how long their lives will last.
For Sherita Washington and her husband, it was not very long.
Last year, on the day after Thanksgiving, a gunman killed her husband, Bobby, for seemingly no reason.
This year, his widow says there is still plenty to be grateful for.
The murder took place downtown where Bobby Washington was working as the doorman for a party in a penthouse.
The timing sent shock waves throughout the entire community.
But the community response is what they are grateful for.
Like any family, Sherita Washington and her sister want Thanksgiving dinner to be perfect.
But as she gets ready for this Thanksgiving, Sherita can’t help but remember the last one, the last she spent with her husband of eight years.
“My husband, he just wanted to do dinner at home, with just the family, just me and the children,” she said.
The very next day, less than two hours after starting a security job in downtown Dallas, Bobby Washington was dead, shot down by a stranger whose motive remains unknown.
The murder left Sherita raising four children alone, a Thanksgiving tragedy so profound, that when News 8 viewers saw the family facing a bleak Christmas, they got so many gifts, they ended up giving some away.
“I was able to help out a family that didn’t have anything. She had four kids of her own,” said Sherita.
A year later, these kids all say they remember their dad.
But at this age, they don’t really understand death.
“They say ‘call him’… that’s the hardest for me and I go take a shower. I take care of my tears in the shower, so they won’t see me. I try to be strong for them a lot,” said Sherita.
With support from family and new-found friends, she’s trying to move on, thankful for the man she had, and the lives still left to live.
“I look at it as God just sent an angel down eight and a half years to give me four children and damn, he’s gone,” Sherita added.
But in these five faces, his love, and his legacy live on.
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