Who Killed This Grandmother? Police are mot Talking
Joe Marino for News
Tashmaya Gay, daughter of Denise Gay, who was killed by a stray bullet outside her Brooklyn home Monday night, is planning to meet with Rev. Al Sharpton..Sharpton called on the NYPD Saturday for a definitive ruling on whether a police bullet killed the innocent woman.
Denise Gay, who would have turned 57 on Friday, was struck down by a stray bullet while sitting on the front stoop of her Crown Heights home, as cops engaged her ex-con neighbor in a gun battle.
"There was a crime they were responding to," Sharpton said of the police. "But to those who act thuggish in our community - with your barbaric disregard for our lives - you make us vulnerable, too. You put us in a position we should never be in."
Joined on the stage of the National Action Network headquarters by the dead woman's brother, Les Gay, Sharpton also questioned police conduct and training in the wake of the 70-plus shot fusillade that killed the woman on Monday night.
"What has disturbed me about this case is the number of bullets and the mystery gun," he said.
Two cops were wounded in the gunfire.
Police have not taken responsibility for the woman's death, saying ballistics tests were inconclusive.
They did confirm that the bullet was not fired from the 9-mm. Ruger used by her neighbor, Leroy Webster, who allegedly killed another man moments before his confrontation with cops.
"We don't know where the bullet was from," said Sharpton. "We know where it wasn't from - the guy at the shootout. We will not give up until we find out what happened to Denise."
A tearful Les Gay said he hoped that understanding what happened could prevent another senseless tragedy.
"I want to find out why, how, who did this. I know it won't bring my sister back, but maybe this incident won't happen again."
Later in the day, family and friends gathered at her Park Place apartment to celebrate Gay's birthday.
"It's a potluck," said her daughter Tashmaya Gay, who had been planning the party weeks in advance. " That's the way my mom would have liked it."
Tashmaya said she didn't know how she would pay for the funeral.
"I don't know. I don't even have money to buy balloons right now for her party," she said. "I'm just taking it day by day."
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