LIFE CUT SHORT
JESSICA Doty Whitaker was fatally shot earlier this month following an argument about Black Lives Matter.
Here is more on what , who was 24.
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Who was Jessica Doty Whitaker?
Whitaker was an resident who was the mother of a three-year-old son.
The home health nurse lost her life early on July 5, 2020.
What happened to her?
She was fatally shot earlier this month following an argument with four men and a woman about Black Lives Matter.
Whitaker was with fiance Jose Ramirez at the time.
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"I'll never probably ever get that image out of my head of what happened," Ramirez told TV station .
Ramirez said one man pulled a gun during the racially-charged argument, and then he did the same.
The two sides did manage to talk things over and go their separate ways, but then shots rang out along Canal Court.
"I was actually holding her when it happened," Ramirez told WTHR.
"She just fell. I turned around, and I opened fire too.
"But that's just a reaction. I didn't see nobody. Hopefully, it didn't hit nobody."
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Whitaker died from her injuries at a nearby hospital.
An investigation is ongoing.
"I'm never going to get to hold her again," Jessica's mother Arlena Doty told WTHR.
"I just want the people who are responsible to be held accountable."
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What did Whitaker allegedly say?
Ramirez told that someone in the group shouted "Black Lives Matter" and that either Whitaker or someone in her group replied that "all lives matter."
Robert Doty, Jessica's father, confirmed to that it was his daughter who said “all lives matter" to the group.
“Yes that is accurate,” Doty told the outlet.
Is there a GoFundMe page for Whitaker?
A for Whitaker has raised nearly $60,000 so far.
"Jessica was a wonderful mother, sister, daughter, fiancée, friend, aunt, cousin and coworker," loved ones wrote.
"Loved by many and will surely be missed by many.. She made sure everyone around her was happy before she was.
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"She does not deserve this."
The money will go into a savings account for her young son Greyson, according to the fundraising page.
“It’s hard to tell him his mom is in heaven and if you want to talk to her you have to look up and say, ‘I love you mom,’” Ramirez told Fox 59.
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