A Brooklyn man accused of fatally shooting a Bronx high school football player outside an elementary school returned to court Thursday. It comes as the victim\u2019s grandmother spoke publicly about the grief she says still consumes her more than two years later.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say Terrell Lloyd shot 17-year-old Laquai Dash multiple times in the back outside P.S. 157 in Woodstock in March 2024. Investigators allege the shooting happened during a fight involving the two men\u2019s girlfriends near the school.<\/p>\n
Police say Dash attempted to break up the fight when Lloyd allegedly pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and opened fire.<\/p>\n
Dash, a football player at Legacy High School, was rushed to the hospital but later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
Lloyd was arrested more than a year later in May 2025. He now faces charges including second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n
Following Thursday\u2019s court appearance at Bronx County Hall of Justice, Dash\u2019s grandmother, Vivian Coward, described the emotional toll of losing her grandson.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s rough. A lot of days, some days I can\u2019t get out of bed. It drains me,\u201d Coward said.<\/p>\n
Coward remembered Dash as a teenager who was deeply connected to his community and often looked for ways to help others.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe used to see people in the building and say, \u2018Let me carry your bags upstairs for you.\u2019 He was that kind of kid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Coward also spoke about the emotions she experiences seeing the defendant in court.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I have to go to court and see this boy\u2026 I get so angry. You\u2019re a coward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Despite the pain, Coward said she remains committed to seeking justice for her grandson.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandma is fighting for you. She\u2019s not gonna stop fighting for you until the end,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Lloyd is due back in court on July 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brooklyn man accused of fatally shooting a Bronx high school football player outside an elementary school returned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-232322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}