6-Year-Old Makes Heartbreaking Plea To St. Louis: ‘Stop Killing Each Other’

Six-year-old Jeffrey Laney is tired of the killing in his community.

The kindergartener had a message for the residents of St. Louis last week. With the help of his mom, Leanndra Cheatham, Jeffrey made a Facebook video on May 15 begging people to stop killing in his hometown.

“Me and my mama, we live in St. Louis and I’m coming to tell y’all … people need to stop killing each other around here because this is just making me feel bad because I don’t want nothing to happen. I’m scared to die and I don’t want nothing to happen to my family,” he said in the four-minute video.

Jeffrey recalled hearing about a little boy who was killed in a drive-by outside of school. The 6-year-old said the boy’s death upset him and his mom. He reminded viewers what’s at stake not only for those committing the crime, but for the children around them, too.

“All these people out here that’s killing each other, you need to stop that stuff, ‘cause that ain’t gon’ get them nowhere, just end up … getting they butt..