Delivered in an excited pre-pubescent voice, this untitled rap song is a lasting memory of the joy and bravado 8-year-old Zahmire Lopez always brought to the world.
Zahmire, or “Zah,” was shot and killed at his home in Newark, New Jersey, in May.
Some say when time goes by it gets easier but it doesn’t get easier.”Leontine Niangara described her son Zahmire Lopez as her "shadow."
Read other profiles of children who have died from gunfireWyleek Shaw, 27, was also killed in the shooting, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
It’s just flag football,’” Niangara said.
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