DETROIT – Francesca Marks was a mother of seven who was killed in 2019 while shielding her children from gunfire at a Detroit park. Friends and family members gathered Saturday at the basketball court where she was killed. Lowery said she was shot and killed in front of him and their children. “My daughter-in-law Francesca was killed out here at the basketball court,” said Karen Lowery. "We have to, because we’re just losing them too young and too many and too soon,”Anyone with information about the Francesca Marks’ death is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.