Word: R.I.P. Jasmine Lynn
September 4, 2009 at 10:58 am by Thomas Wheatley in NewsOn Sept. 3, Spelman College sophomore Jasmine Lynn was struck and killed by a stray bullet while walking with friends through Clark Atlanta University’s campus. The 3.8-GPA student was the first person in her family to attend college.
“She was very fun and bubbly, always making a lot jokes. … Anybody that you ask would say the same thing about her. She didn’t come here for this.”
— Sydney Robinson, a Spelman senior, in the Sept. 3 AJC
“Jasmine was a conqueror. A mover and a shaker, a jetsetter and a go-getter. This is heartbreaking … to find a lady who cared so much about life … to leave so early.”
— Sgt. Herman Brown, Lynn’s ROTC instructor at Lincoln Prep in Kansas City, Mo., to WDAF-TV/Channel 4
“Comical, loving, nurturing … I’m numb. … For me, as a low-income single mother, [Lynn going to college] was an honor. That was an honor.”
— Constance Franklin, Lynn’s mother, to KCTV-TV/Channel 5
“We love you Spelman Sister. I may have crossed your path and never even knew. I may have never seen your face. But, you are my little Spelman Sister and you will forever be in my heart.”
— Commenter “glj” on the Speak Up, Spelman! blog
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