Children who witnessed father's death say he did nothing wrong

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The two young children who witnessed someone shoot and kill their father early Sunday say he was doing nothing wrong.

Elijah, 8, and Alisha, 6 were in the car with their father, Larry Grigsby, 42, when someone opened fire on their SUV as they drove through a Six Flags neighborhood.

“He didn't do anything to get him shot or nothing,” Elijah told Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt.

Grigsby's cousin, Charles Pratt, said the family is at a loss.

“He took much care of us and we really miss him very much,” Alisha said.

Grigsby was dropping off a girlfriend's daughter at an apartment shortly before the shooting.

The kids told family members that Grigsby did not fight with, meet or confront anyone before the gunshots rang out.

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"I'm not sure how or why this happened, or why anyone would want to harm this man. (He was the) most peaceful, gentle guy in the world, and it hurts my heart right now,” Pratt said.

Elijah said he saw multiple people outside the SUV before gunshots rang out.

His family is pleading for anyone who knows anything to come forward.

“It was nothing Larry had done to them. I can't think Larry would do anything to anyone, you know,” Larry Grigsby, Sr., said.

“You took a father away, a son, a brother, a cousin. You took away a great guy too early from his family, from the world. Just turn yourselves in man. It’s just not worth it,” Pratt said.

Pratt says Grigsby’s kids are struggling to deal with what’s happened.

“Some of his blood was on them. That's what’s hard to deal with. That's something that will stick with them the rest of their lives,” he said.

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