Insurance mistake is keeping loved one from proper funeral, mother says

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — An insurance mistake has left a grieving family struggling for money.

Someone shot and killed 23-year-old Daveon Triplett last week. Triplett was shot and killed on his son's third birthday.

Police said Tripplett was fatally shot in the head at the A&H Apartments on Hill Street in Forest Park.

Tripplett was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

In an exclusive interview with Channel 2's Justin Wilfon, Yolanda Triplett said her son was visiting with friends when a woman accidentally shot him.

“Once I got there and I saw him, it was just real bad.  It was just really bad,” she said.

Triplett said she arrived at the hospital just minutes before her son passed away.

“Yeah I was in the room, I was in the room," she said.

Chinequah Hawkins, 24, also of Forest Park, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, the release said. She’s now in the custody of the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office.

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Police are calling it an accidental shooting. Triplett said police told her Hawkins was playing with the gun.

“I want her to get the maximum time that they can actually give her for whatever it is," Triplett said.

Triplett told Wilfon she’s desperately trying to give her son a proper burial, after discovering his life insurance money isn't yet available.

“I’ve been unemployed for three months, unfortunately, and his dad is 100 percent disabled so right now we, unfortunately, don’t have the funds," she explained.

She started a GoFundMe to give him the goodbye the young father deserves.

“We’re just praying for a miracle," she said.

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