A growing memorial now covers Shirley Rodriguez's doorstep where she fought until her final moments.
Tyquane Jemmott has been charged with second-degree murderCeFaan Kim has more on the candlelight vigil held for Shirley Rodriguez .Family members, friends and community activists gathered for a candlelight vigil Thursday night in Washington Heights , to honor a woman who was brutally stabbed to death earlier in the week.now covers Shirley Rodriguez 's doorstep where she fought until her final moments.
"Shirley would light up a room with her smile and her presence. We're all struggling to comprehend what happened here," said Shirley's father Henry Rodriguez.They say the victim's ex-boyfriend, 33-year-old Tyquane Jemmott, hid between two parked cars outside her apartment on Haven Avenue in Washington Heights. He was waiting for her.
He has been arrested and charged with murder in the second degree. Jemmott was arraigned on Thursday. "I loved her... she was a friendly person and happy person," Shirley's grandmother Carmen Rodriguez said.
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