The mother of a six-month-old boy who was was caught in the crossfire between two drivers and killed in his car seat on Monday says she knew he was dead when she pressed him against her white sweater, which is still stained with his blood.
Kerri Gray turned around and saw her baby slumped over in his seat as they were on their way to an Atlanta store. She noticed a pool of blood in his lap and her heart began to race, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
'I pulled him out of the car seat and I grabbed him, and when I did that, that’s when I felt the pieces - the loose pieces in the back of his head,' Gray said while holding back tears.
Authorities have since arrested 22-year-old Dequasie Jonathan Little, who they believe is the shooter. He has a rap sheet dating back to 2019 that includes charges of child cruelty. He is now charged with felony murder and aggravated assault.
'I think that if you get the opportunity, make better life choices, because those of us who become your collateral damage - that's not fair,' Gray said of Little's arrest. 'You ruined my life.'
Kerri Gray turned around and saw her baby slumped over in his seat as they were on their way to an Atlanta food store Monday afternoon
Grays says she felt 'loose pieces' in the back of her son Grayson Matthew Fleming-Gray's head. Police say he was caught in crossfire between two other cars
Police arrested Dequasie Jonathan Little in Decatur, Georgia a day later. Little has a rap sheet dating back to 2019 that includes charges of child cruelty
Gray told the Journal Constitution that she still got up to make her baby's bottle Tuesday morning.
'That was the worst feeling in the world because he was already a miracle baby,' Gray said. 'That was the baby that I dreamt of having my whole life. And the fact that somebody could so selfishly take him away.'
The fatal shooting six-month-old Grayson Matthew Fleming-Gray happened Monday shortly before 3pm near the Food Mart on Anderson Avenue, where Gray often shopped with her son.
'I know I heard a noise, I pulled off to the side, I saw two cars speed past me and when I pulled in, that's when I had seen the gun barrel and next thing I know I get out to check on my son, and he was slumped forward,' Gray told WAGA.
'It hit the trunk, so there was no shattered glass, there was no crying, it was instant,' she said. 'So, we didn't feel anything, hear anything.'
Gray told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that she still got up to make her baby's bottle Tuesday morning, after he was shot dead in his car seat on Monday
'It hit the trunk, so there was no shattered glass, there was no crying, it was instant. So, we didn't feel anything, hear anything,' Gray said. Above, she holds her son's teddy bear
Police released surveillance video of the shooting. They said community tips helped locate Little
