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Girl shot while saving mom.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Alexis Parker)
On the night of December 1, Selietha Parker and her seven-year-old daughter, Alexis, were in their Detroit home with no heat. She called her longtime family friend, Aisha Ford, for assistance. Ford drove over to Parker's home, but as Parker and her daughter approached Ford's SUV, Parker's former boyfriend, Calvin Tillie, appeared on the scene with a gun and ordered everyone into the vehicle. He cursed at the women and angrily told Ford to drive him to Detroit's Six Mile Road.
"He looked like he was enraged and didn't care what he did. I knew if we went to Six Mile, he would kill us," Ford told the Detroit News. She told Tillie she needed gas and drove to a station that required customers to pay the attendant inside. "I figured if he got out to pump the gas, I was going to take off," Ford explained.
She stalled as long as she could, but this enraged Tillie even further. The station attendant, Mohammad Alghazali, noticed Ford was distraught and she told him what was happening. He called 911 and was still on the phone when he heard shots from the vehicle.
Tillie, out of control with rage because Ford was taking so long, shot Parker twice, first grazing ...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Newport News, VA) December 23, 2006 700+ words
...herself to attempt a flush. But Parker's game is so much more than dunks...defender on her hip in front of her, Parker and Alexis Hornbuckle executed a below-the...her on the left side of the key, Parker took a kind of hop, stutter-step...
- PARKER.(Obit)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) December 9, 2004 700+ words
Alexis A. Parker December 5, 2004 Alexis Ariana Parker, three years old, of Baltimore, MD, became one of God's Angels on Sunday, December 5, 2004. Alexis was born January 4, 2001, in Syracuse, to Roland and Elizabeth Parker. She was...
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- Newspaper article from: Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT) January 7, 2007 700+ words
...within the course of play." Parker finished 12-for-22 from...such a plus being Candace Parker's teammate," said Tennessee junior guard Alexis Hornbuckle. "Her six blocks...can't do without it." Parker's 15 first-half points...
- Singles add up to Parker tennis victory; Craig falls.
- Newspaper article from: Janesville Gazette (Janesville, WI) September 5, 2007 700+ words
...Rucks, also were victorious. Parker will host a quadrangular on...the Vikings at Palmer Park. PARKER 6, BELOIT 1 Singles: Kaitlyn...P) def. Sarah Morgan-Alexis Anderson, 6-2, 6-1. Junior varsity-Parker 7, Beloit 0. West 5, Craig...
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- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) February 26, 2007 700+ words
...rebounding. Aside from Candace Parker, there are no Lady Vols among the...a face-to-face meeting with Parker, Alexis Hornbuckle, Shannon Bobbitt and...girls-play style of basketball. Parker, for instance, blocked a Caroline...
- Correspondence.
- Magazine article from: Education Next December 22, 2001 700+ words
...fare poorly. Instead, as Kanstoroom reported, the teachers receive the extra training they need to improve. LARRY PARKER Alexis de Tocqueville Institution Arlington, Virginia Vouchers versus class size The statistics reported in Dan Goldhaber...
