Hammond fuel stations: Mom of Ronnie Miller, whose taking pictures dying sparked new in a single day closure ordinance, speaks out

HAMMOND, In poor health. (WLS) — The mom of a person who was killed at a fuel station in Hammond, and whose case sparked discussions about fuel stations closing in a single day, is talking out.

Ronnie Martin was shot to dying in June and since then an ordinance within the metropolis is being thought of that may shut all fuel stations in a single day to forestall crime.

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Martin’s mom, who’s from Mississippi, has been within the Chicago space since her son’s dying and vows to remain till she will get justice.

Diane Morgan nonetheless relives the darkish day her 35-year-old was killed. The taking pictures occurred in a single day on June 25 at a Luke’s fuel station off Sibley and State Line Avenue.

“That night, [police] instructed me that my son was a passenger within the automotive together with his buddies. It was an altercation at Luke’s fuel station in Indiana,” she stated. “That two people had been contained in the fuel station, they had been arguing and had some kind of altercation.”

Morgan stated the battle escalated and pictures had been fired. A type of bullets struck her son within the chest, killing the daddy of 4. He was not concerned within the altercation.

“They cheated my grandbabies. I really feel like, they cheated–I used to be cheated. This shouldn’t be the tip. This was not it,” she stated.

Monday the Hammond Metropolis Council mentioned the potential for requiring fuel stations within the metropolis to shut in a single day.

“If one thing optimistic can come out of this, I do not need no different dad or mum, mom, anyone to really feel like I really feel proper now,” Morgan stated.

Town council is about to proceed their talks over the brand new proposed ordinance subsequent week.