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Mother Is Keeping Daughter's Memory Alive 2 Years After Unsolved Killing

"Every day, you just got to keep pushing," Jada Page's mother said. "I don't have much of a choice."

What to Know

  • Jada Page, 8, was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in NW Miami-Dade and died in the hospital Aug. 30, 2016.
  • On the two-year anniversary of her death, her killer has still not been found.
  • Her family has started the Jada Page Foundation to raise awareness of senseless gun violence.

The pain is still too much to bear for a South Florida mother whose young daughter was killed in a drive-by shooting two years ago.

"This is a constant hurt, how can you be crying about the same thing two years later? Like, I’m tired of crying," Rosalind Brown told NBC 6.

On Aug. 30, 2016, 8-year-old Jada Page died days after she was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting outside her grandmother's home in northwest Miami-Dade. 

"I still see it all. I can still feel that day, I can still feel the trauma of me screaming," Brown said. "I can still see her slumped over ... the other day I was just laying there, reenacting the whole thing in my head."

Jada's death roused the community, who rallied together to protest against gun violence. 

Her family has taken their pain and turned it into action with the Jada Page Foundation, which brings awareness of senseless gun violence through community outreach, advocacy and educational training.

They've also started a summer camp titled the Jada Club, which they want to transition over to an aftercare under Dade County schools.

Her mother has also started a backpack line, comprised of colorful book bags that she hopes captures Jada's bubbly, full-of-life personality.

The drive to keep her daughter's name alive helps Brown push ahead. 

"Every day, you just got to keep pushing," she said. "I don't have much of a choice."

The reward for Jada's killing, which remains unsolved, is now up to $35,000. 

Anyone with information should call 305-471-TIPS.

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