The family of the Harrisburg woman drug and killed by a police car while in pursuit is speaking out. They have a message and want the residents of Harrisburg to know their loved one didn't die in vain.
“My emotions just went haywire, everything was ricocheting up and down inside me,” stated her step-dad Robert Brown. “Because I didn't want to believe she was under that truck. But it was real.”
Robert Brown is Shulena Weldon's step-dad. He is the man who raised her and stood by as a source of support for more than 25 years.
He says no parent should ever see what he saw. It happened Thursday morning shortly after 8 a.m. at the intersection of 20th and Market Streets.
His daughter lying under a police SUV, struck killed and drug under the vehicle.
But through the images and horrific memory of it, he and the family are staying strong and say
her death won't be in vain.
“She was a message, that girl was a message for the community,” Brown told CBS 21. “Maybe a message to other people, to the city, to do what they can do to eliminate chases so that innocent people don't get hurt.”
While the investigation is on-going and the family questions why it happened to their loved one, they know they aren't the only ones hurting and don't hold anger against the driver.
“He's suffering too, his family is going through it,” stated the Aunt. “So we can't be angry with the driver.”
“If he had seen her two seconds before, no matter how fast you are going if he put the brakes on,” Brown commented. “There should be skid marks, but there were no skid marks.”
“My emotions just went haywire, everything was ricocheting up and down inside me,” stated her step-dad Robert Brown. “Because I didn't want to believe she was under that truck. But it was real.”
Robert Brown is Shulena Weldon's step-dad. He is the man who raised her and stood by as a source of support for more than 25 years.
He says no parent should ever see what he saw. It happened Thursday morning shortly after 8 a.m. at the intersection of 20th and Market Streets.
His daughter lying under a police SUV, struck killed and drug under the vehicle.
But through the images and horrific memory of it, he and the family are staying strong and say
her death won't be in vain.
“She was a message, that girl was a message for the community,” Brown told CBS 21. “Maybe a message to other people, to the city, to do what they can do to eliminate chases so that innocent people don't get hurt.”
While the investigation is on-going and the family questions why it happened to their loved one, they know they aren't the only ones hurting and don't hold anger against the driver.
“He's suffering too, his family is going through it,” stated the Aunt. “So we can't be angry with the driver.”
“If he had seen her two seconds before, no matter how fast you are going if he put the brakes on,” Brown commented. “There should be skid marks, but there were no skid marks.”