Quanita "Tay" Jackson, a Milwaukee area activist, was shot and killed one day after hosting a charity basketball tournament for anti-violence. Jackson was shot in a drive-by shooting near Moody Park that police believe she was not the intended target of.

Saturday, at the basketball tournament, Jackson spoke with the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service about why she put on the event.

"We're doing this for our community, but mostly, it's to keep peace in the park," Jackson said.


In what turned out to be her final interview, the 20-year-old spoke about how she hoped to use her life to create an atmosphere of togetherness in her community.

"I just want people to come together with peace and, you know, just stop the violence and mostly just stop fighting each other because we only got one life to live," Jackson said.

Jackson's friends spoke about their memories of her during the event she hoped would stop the exact fate that awaited her.

"Saturday was a day full of jubilance, a day full of energy, calmness, positive energy," Joshua Jenkins said. "We were dancing together to 'Envy Me,' and we hugged each other and told each other we loved each other."

At a vigil that took place Monday night, True Skool Co-Executive Director Shalina Ali hoped that, in the wake of the shooting, Jackson's message becomes more clear.

“To have something that violent happen to a young person, it could have happened to anybody and it hurts, but because it happened to Tay it opens up the possibility for a different kind of conversation,” Ali said to TMJ4

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Jackon's family has created a GoFundMe to, "send her home with a beautiful celebration of life." Milwaukee police, who are still searching for a suspect, are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person who carried out the shooting.

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