The gun projectile entered the wall of the home where Rayford lived with his mother and 6-year-old sister, according to The Washington Post. The bullet struck him in the chest while he was playing a video game.

Rayford immediately jumped and called out "momma" before he collapsed and died in her arms, according to his older sister, Doneisha Eddings.

"To lose a 12-year-old brother on Christmas… come on now," Eddings said, according to WJHL.

"Words can't explain the way I feel," Eddings continued. "They just need to stop this senseless killing. It's not getting no better."

"When he got shot, the only thing he could do was run to his mama," Artemis's grandmother, Joyce Newson, told WREG-TV. "It took her two days to wash the blood off her hands."

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