© CARLOS ORTIZPearl Williams talks about her grandson TySean Williams, a 15-year-old honor student who was shot and killed Nov. 6 at her Adams Street home when she opened the door.
TySean was the city's 33rd homicide so far this year; a shooting on Hazelwood Terrace became the 34th Tuesday morning.
Williams, who said she was grateful for both the arrests and the petition, said her grandson on Wednesday had participated in MasterMinds, an academic competition for high school students, before she picked him up to take him to church, which they attended every week. They'd been home about an hour when they heard a knock at their door about 9 p.m.
"The door was unlocked and I heard the knock. I saw the bottom lock start to shake. I said 'Who is it?' and I tried to lock it, then they pushed the door and I was pushing back and I said 'Oh god, oh god, help me, help me, oh god,' and there was two of them and one of me.
"The one with the gun got his hand through the door and pointed the gun at me, that's when my baby ran out of his room and he pushed the guy with the gun into my cabinet, and he pushed him so hard I thought I heard a crack, but when TySean turned around to see if I was okay the guy kind of got his composure ... and he pushed TySean into my stove and he got his gun and he went 'bang, bang, bang' and he shot him. And he pushed the door again and shot him again."