A woman was shot dead when she followed official advice by confronting a group of people setting off illegal fireworks rather than call police, her mum claims.
Shatavia Walls was shot eight times after she asked the group to stop setting off fireworks near a playground in Brooklyn, New York.
The 33-year-old was following advice dished out last month by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams who said that setting off illegal fireworks was a 'nonviolent act and residents should 'go talk to the young people or the people on your block who are using fireworks' instead of calling 911 or 311.
Ms Walls was visiting her mum, siblings and other family members when she went to speak to the group who were seen to be setting off fireworks in a
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