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The deadly police shooting on Nov. 7, 2024, at an Independence apartment complex immediately changed the lives of families, ...
Talisa Coombs, grandmother of slain 11-week-old Destinii Hope, is comforted by her husband after speaking at a rally outside the Independence Police Department headquarters. Coombs is calling for ...
Independence has not named the officer who fatally shot Maria Pike and her daughter Destinii Hope, after police responded to a domestic disturbance call on Nov. 7, 2024. The body camera footage ...
Family members of Maria Pike, 34, and Destinii Hope, two months old, continue their search for accountability nearly one month after the two were shot and killed by an Independence police officer.
Maria Pike, 34, and her infant child, Destinii Hope, died on the afternoon of Nov. 7. On Wednesday, the Independence Police Department released an edited video of the moments leading up to their ...
Destinii Hope, 2 months, pictured in a photo posted on social media by family members, has been identified by investigators as the infant killed in an Independence police shooting on Thursday, Nov ...
Maria Pike, 34, and her baby daughter Destinii Hope, just two months old, were fatally shot on Nov. 7 at the Oval Springs Apartment in Independence.
Destinii Hope was two months old. Coombs said Destinii’s mom, Maria, struggled with her emotional health. The Missouri’s Division of Family Services was aware of the Destinii's situation.
The newly released footage shows officers — called to a reported family assault — initially talking calmly to mom Maria Pike, 34, as she holds her 2-month-old daughter Destinii Hope while ...
Destinii Hope, 2 months, pictured in a photo posted on social media by family members, has been identified by investigators as the infant killed in an Independence police shooting on Thursday, Nov ...
Maria Pike, 34, was seen holding her 2-month-old daughter Destinii Hope while standing inside a closet at her home in Independence. Nina Book/Fox4 ...
“The family deserves to see all the body cam and hear the unedited audio,” said Nina Book, twin sister of 34-year-old Maria Pike, who was killed along with her 11-week-old baby, Destinii Hope, on Nov.