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Daily Mail
13-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Adorable girl, 3, is killed after attending July 4 party with family as cops finally arrest suspect
A three-year-old Washington DC girl has died after she was hit by a stray bullet while sitting in a car watching Fourth of July fireworks. Honesty Cheadle was taken off life support on Monday, days after she was rushed to the hospital in the early morning hours of July 5, her Great-Uncle Raymond Cheadle told WUSA 9. She had been in the car around 3am with her father when she was struck in the upper body by the bullet outside his apartment. She was then rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Larry then carried his little girl up three flights of stairs because he 'didn't know what to do,' her aunt Tonia told the The Washington Post. The little girl was being dropped after being taken to a cookout party, she told the outlet. After two days on life support, little Honesty succumbed to her injuries. 'This child didn't bother nobody,' Raymond told WUSA 9. 'She didn't deserve to get hit.' Raymond said Honesty's parents are in shambles after losing their baby girl, especially the father. 'That baby was his world, the baby's mother was his world,' the great-uncle said. 'And it's just sad y'all took that from them, from us.' The shooting occurred as striking their car, shattering the window as fireworks rang out nearby. Charles Rucker, 24, of DC, was arrested on Friday for the shooting and police believe he targeted the family's car, NBC Washington reported. He fired multiple rounds into the car after approaching and then ran off. The other occupants of the vehicle were unharmed. 'This seemed to be an intended shooting. It was not one where we believe at this time that there were other individuals that were being sought at that time,' Chief of Police Pamela Smith said. Rucker has been charged with first-degree murder and it is unclear what his relationship to the family is at this time. 'This arrest is a testament to the diligent and hard work of our police officers and detectives that has occurred around the clock over the past week,' Smith said. The family started a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses. The little girl was remembered for her 'innocence' and for being 'full of light, personality, and so much promise.' 'We were not prepared for this — emotionally or financially — and are now facing the painful responsibility of laying our baby girl to rest without any insurance in place,' her aunt Tamika Butler wrote.
Washington Post
11-07-2025
- Washington Post
Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 3-year-old girl, D.C. police say
A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old girl in D.C. last weekend, police said Friday. Authorities identified the suspect as Charles Rucker, 24, and said he has been charged in the killing of Honesty Cheadle, who died Monday, two days after she was shot in front of her aunt Tonia Cheadle's Southeast Washington home. Police said the child was in a green Ford Escort with three family members about 3 a.m. Saturday when a bullet fired from outside the car struck her in the upper body.
Washington Post
09-07-2025
- Washington Post
Police name suspect in killing of 3-year-old in D.C.
D.C. police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of 3-year-old Honesty Cheadle. Police said they have an arrest warrant for first-degree murder while armed for Charles Rucker, 24, of Southeast Washington. The reward for information leading to his arrest has been raised from $25,000 to $50,000, with funds from the FBI's Washington field office and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Washington Post
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Three-year-old girl dies after being shot outside D.C. apartment building
Honesty Cheadle liked playing with her pink Minnie Mouse kitchen play set. Or sometimes she'd grab a book from a growing stack that stood at the edge of the plastic sink. Her favorite: 'Never Touch a Monster,' a tactile picture book by Rosie Greening. Why? The green monster's wide grin on the cover, showing off a mouth full of fangs. 'It's my teeth,' she would tell her aunt Tonia Cheadle.
Washington Post
08-07-2025
- Washington Post
3-year-old dies after shooting in D.C., police say
The 3-year old girl who was shot Saturday in Southeast died Monday, D.C. police said. Honesty Cheadle was hit around 3 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of 14th Street SE, while in a parked vehicle with family members, police said. A preliminary investigation indicated at least one person in the block began shooting and the vehicle was struck.
