Murdered DC Journalist Posted about 'No Greater Love'
A 27-year-old journalist, who was a dedicated Christian, was killed recently during a random shooting spree in Washington, D.C., while returning home from a reporting assignment.
Charnice Milton was a reporter for Capital Community News, but her strong faith in Christ is how she is best being remembered.
Just days before her senseless murder May 27, Milton shared this Bible verse to her Facebook page.
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." , NLT.
Milton's colleague Andrew Lightman told CBN News that she "was an extremely hard worker" and it was "a blessing to have her with us for as long as we did."
"She could have worked at any news media organization she wanted to," her father Ken McClenton told the Associated Press. "She had the credentials, she had the expertise, she had the knowledge, but she sacrificed and she stayed and wrote in Ward 8."
While speaking at a prayer vigil, Milton's father told the crowd, "My baby was not shot by a white police officer; she was shot by two black men who are cowards and part of gang warfare here in Wards 7 and 8."
"My baby wasn't the 91 percent of DC residents who go off to college and don't graduate; she was one of the nine," he continued.
According to the Pundit Press, McClenton asked the crowd at the vigil to continue to pray, talk about the problem of black-on-black crime in America, and find a way to close crime cases in America's inner cities.
Police reports say Charnice was not the intended victim of the shooting. While on her way home from work, the intended victim grabbed Milton and used her as a body shield as a shooter fired from a dirt bike.
"I pray for the person who did this," her mother, Francine Milton, said. "I pray for them."
"Everyone says the same thing, that she was just a beautiful young lady," she continued. "And she loved to write and she loved people. And most of all she loved God."
Another vigil will be held on June 3 at 7:30 p.m. to honor the work of Charnice Milton. For more information on the vigil, click here.
