The victim’s family, dedicated to a life of preventing gun violence, are mourning the sudden loss. Just days before his 17th birthday, Darell McCury was shot and killed in Collingdale.
A deadly shooting in Delaware County involving two teens happened Friday night and one of those teens died from the injuries."Never in a million years would I have thought I would get a call from my mother saying they shot Darell," cousin Anton Moore stated.He received another call soon after saying Darell didn’t make it.Police in Delaware County say the 16-year-old was shot in Collingdale Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. on the 100 block of Lafayette Avenue.
And, he was so excited.He would have been celebrating his 17th birthday this upcoming week. Instead, his family is planning his homegoing services.Moore said, "We have to be tough on this. We don’t want to see another family bury their child."Anton says although Darell was his little cousin, he was more like a nephew. Through his nonprofit organization, Unity in the Community, he has dedicated his life to gun violence prevention. Usually, Moore is the one comforting other families.
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