Deadly shooting in Kenosha: Family and friends gather to remember the victim

KENOSHA, Wisconsin – Kenosha police are still searching for the man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting.

Investigators believe 25-year-old Lawrence Franklin Jr. shot and killed a 22-year-old pregnant woman on Friday, September 6.

Two days later, dressed in her favorite color, Amiah Prather’s family and friends can’t believe she died.

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“She had the biggest heart ever. She loved her children, she loved the Lord and she just loved life,” said Tamia Prather, the victim’s mother. “He’s a monster for what he did to my baby.”

Prather’s family said they knew Franklin but did not say where from. Police are still looking for him and said he is armed and dangerous.

“I want them to catch him and I urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the police so we can get him off the streets,” Prather said.

Her relatives stood on 65th Street near 30th Street where Kenosha police found the 22-year-old woman shot to death. Her family said she was nine months pregnant and the unborn child also died.

“I still can’t believe she’s no longer with us,” said Lynn Prather-Lother, the victim’s grandmother.