22-year-old Khadija Charmant was an aspiring social worker who always went out of her way to help others, her mother says.
Since 22-year-old Khadija Charmant was fatally shot in Brampton last weekend, her mother says she is still trying to make sense of what happened.Khadija Charmant, 22, was an aspiring social worker who always went out of her way to help others, her mother says. Since 22-year-old Khadija Charmant was fatally shot in Brampton, her mother, Catiuska, says she's been seeing ladybugs appear all around her home.
The name and exact location of the studio remains unclear to Catiuska, but she said a family member of one of the other women in the car told her the studio's owner later called an Uber to pick up her daughter and her friends to take them home. The shooting took place once they entered the car, Catiuska said.Catiuska said police told her they believe Khadija's car was mistakenly targeted and her daughter died a hero, saying she jumped on top of her friends as shots were fired.
Khadija grew up in Ottawa with three younger siblings and hoped to become a social worker, her mother said. While she took a break from her studies after her father died, Khadija started working as an event planner and ran the popular Instagram pagePolice haven't released any information about who could have killed Khadija Charmant.
What makes Khadija's death all the more troubling, her mother says, is that her father, Mark Jackson, also died of gun violence. He was shot and killed outside a Montreal barbershop in 2020.Khadija's father, Mark Jackson, was killed in a 2020 shooting in Montreal.
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