DETROIT – It has been nearly 15 years since Latasha Cheatum, 18, was shot in a drive-by freeway shooting in Detroit.
Cheatum was shot in the head while driving a white Pontiac Grand Prix at 2 p.m. on June 4, 2010, as she was exiting I-96 at Wyoming Avenue in Detroit. Her car crashed into the side of a house on the corner of Griggs Street and the I-96 Service Drive.
She was transported to a hospital where she died two days later, on June 6, 2010.
Her father, Major Rush, moved from Michigan to Florida. In 2018, he returned to Michigan to host a press conference with Crime Stoppers seeking justice for his slain daughter and unborn grandchild.
“My daughter was a very sweet, loving, young lady and she wasn’t a danger to society and her life was taken and I’m asking someone, you know, please speak up,” Rush said in 2018. “I just don’t wanna give up.”
Rush said his daughter loved people and wanted to be a nurse so she could help people.
“She had my smile. I smile a lot too, but she had my smile,” Rush said in 2018. “Mentally, physically, emotionally, you know, I’m just asking the lord one day for some justice for this young lady.”
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up. All tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous. Click here to submit a tip online.
