losing her only daughter<\/a> to gun violence, Chante Williams is speaking out through overwhelming grief in hopes of preventing another family from experiencing the same loss.<\/p>\n\u201cI know they can\u2019t get those guns off the streets,\u201d Chante Williams said. “This is a feeling that nobody wants to feel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams decided to break her silence not just for herself, but for other parents and children. She struggled even trying to describe her broken heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can save another child’s life, I will save another child\u2019s life, just by telling them this is not what you want to do,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
Fort Worth police said officers responded to gunfire on Monday, Dec. 29, at Historic Stop Six Park. Investigators said a bullet struck and killed Williams\u2019 17-year-old daughter, Cyanna Lakeast Boone. Officers also found a second victim, identified as 18-year-old Frank Price Jr., who later died at the hospital. Police said the shooter fled the scene and has not been arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou hit somebody that wasn\u2019t your target. You took something from a family that really loves somebody,\u201d Williams said. “Cyanna is like a green person. She loved trees. She\u2019s just a friendly person, always with a positive vibe. She’s the friend they always call and ask for her advice. She liked to read. A smart kid, very smart kid, very intelligent and wise beyond her age.”<\/p>\n
Days before the shooting, Williams said her daughter had approved a video montage that was part of graduation celebrations. Boone had already earned her associate\u2019s degree and was preparing to celebrate her 18th birthday on Jan. 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I’ve got to go from planning this birthday party to a funeral,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
In the days following the shooting, community leaders announced plans to address gun violence in the Stop Six area. For Jan. 7, Fort Worth City Councilwoman Deborah Peoples organized a community conversation focused on open dialogue and solutions. It will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 5012 East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe community has to get engaged and involved,\u201d Peoples said. “This community conversation is aimed at focusing on what we can do as parents? What can we do as ministers, as brothers and sisters, as aunts and uncles to help curb this violence?\u201d<\/p>\n
Cyanna Boone would have turned 18 years old on January 10, 2026. Now, that’s the day her mother plans to schedule her Celebration of Life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to have a community, look at our youth; that was one. She was going to college. She was going to be something, so she could come back to our community. She was to come back to fix our community,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIf I can save another child’s life, I will save another child\u2019s life, just by telling them this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-109202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}