Vigil held for young mother killed in crash, shooting on northwest side of Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — Treasure Gray’s family doesn’t understand why the 21-year-old new mother failed to make a Fourth of July celebration last week.

”That’s something that is bothering her sisters and everybody right now because they were all supposed to be at their granny’s house,” said Karen Cox, who described herself as Gray’s mother. “And Treasure didn’t make it. And they talked to her and they was going to meet up the next day, and then this happened early Friday morning.”

Gray was taken off life support after being involved in a crash and shooting at 18th and Harding streets on the morning of July 5. Her family said she was shot multiple times while being chased. Her car ultimately slammed into an IndyGo bus.

FOX59 and CBS4 asked Gray’s family if it was unusual for her to be at the intersection at 6 a.m. Her sister, Erica Hunter, said it was out of the ordinary for her to be in the area that early in the morning.

Hunter added that she still wants to know what Gray was up to and where she was headed that morning.

Hunter talked to FOX59 and CBS4 at a family vigil Sunday evening. The event was held near the intersection Gray crashed at. Hunter spoke with FOX59 and CBS4 while holding Gray’s daughter.

”Treasure treasured this baby,” Hunter said. ”She was loving and caring — her smile most of all.”

Three other people were injured in the crash, and a gun was found in the second car at the scene, though IMPD has not announced if it was the weapon used to kill Gray.

“This has got to stop,” said Cox. “We don’t know the whole story what happened. We’re going to find out.”

Gray’s family said detectives have given them an indication that they are making progress in sorting the tragedy out, though nobody has been charged in the case yet.

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