Three months after the murder, police have not found anyone who can identify a suspect in the shooting of a Lexington father of three killed in a crossfire at the Dirt Bowl Basketball games.
This is beginning to weigh heavily on Kwame El-Amin’s family.
The family is held together by Kwame El-Amin’s youngest child, three-year-old Jameelya.
“I think maybe once we have someone who did this, once we have a sense of closure, then it’ll be easier for us to explain things to her,” said Ahenewa El-Amin, Kawme’s sister.
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The El-Amin family explained that the silence in the case causes them to feel disconnected from their community.
“When I go to the barbershop, I wonder if the person sitting in there is the person who murdered my brother,” said Oluwa El-Amin, another sister of Kawme.
“This is probably just some young man out there, trying to look good in front of his friends and pulled the trigger. Shot a few different people and happened to hit this man in the neck and drop him,” said Detective Mark Thomas of the Lexington Police Department.”It wasn’t on purpose, we know that.”
The El-Amin family still hopes to find answers in this case.
“This means that perhaps somebody could do the right thing and while doing the right thing, they could be rewarded, anonymously,” said Ahenewa. “So if they are suffering from the ‘snitch’ mentality, no one will ever have to know.”
Police are looking for firsthand accounts of that night, even if you cannot name the shooters. You can leave an anonymous tip on the Crime Stoppers Tipline, (859) 253-2020.
