JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Rasheem, Taquan and Terrel Dubose are accused of killing 8-year-old Dreshawna Davis, who was shot and killed in 2006.Police said she was playing video games when bullets started flying through the walls of her home.Even though detectives said the Dubose brothers carried out the shooting, they’ve yet to go to trial three years later.On July 26, 2006, Dreshawna was watching the “Cat in the Hat” on DVD with her two younger cousins.They were safe inside, or so they thought.
It was still daylight when bullets tore through the front of their home.Police said it was a drive-by shooting and Dreshawna was shot.Her grandfather, David Frazier, held her in his arms as she took her last breath.It’s been a little more than three years, and the Fraziers said the pain is still so raw.They raised Dreshawna from the time she was born, and they had just filed paperwork to become her legal guardians.Two days after her death, they received a notice in the mail that the adoption had been finalized.”I’ve got a big hole in my heart,” said Vonnie Frazier, Dreshawna’s grandmother. “I’ve got a piece of me that’s missing.”Vonnie said she and her husband, David, have been having health problems caused from the stress of Dreshawna’s murder.She said they muster up the strength to keep moving forward because they want to be in the courtroom when the case eventually goes to trial.It’s scheduled to start in January after being postponed multiple times over the last two years.”I’m ready for that day to come and go,” Vonnie said.Police said the Dubose brothers, Rasheem, Taquan and Terrel, accused of killing Dreshawna, all opened fire on the home, but they believe the bullet that killed the 8-year-old came from Rasheem’s gun.Because of that, they will be tried at the same time but in front of two different juries.Prosecutors will ask both juries to recommend death for all three brothers.”It’s been a long time now, and I want to see justice done,” Vonnie said.The Fraziers try not to think about the day their granddaughter was killed.They moved out of that Northside home and into an apartment not too far away.Their walls are covered with pictures of the 8-year-old, and their hearts are filled with happy memories.When Vonnie talks about Dreshawna, her face just lights up.”I miss holding her, I miss her helping me prepare a meal,” Vonnie said. “If she wasn’t in school, she was always with grandmom.”
