Kin mourn loss of loving mom, 28

The family of a city woman claimed by street violence wants her to be remembered as a loving mother who was cruelly gunned down, leaving her eldest boy an orphan and her youngest daughter with only a young child’s memory of her slain mom.
Tiffany Lomax, 28, was riding in a car on River Street in Mattapan two blocks from her home early yesterday morning when it was targeted by gunfire. Bullets ripped through the vehicle, hitting the man driving twice in the arm and striking Lomax in the chest. The driver raced to Carney Hospital, where Lomax died from her injuries around 2:30 a.m.

“Our family is outraged at this sensless violence that has now touched our family,” said her uncle, Kenny Budd, who raised Lomax from a young age. “Tiffany’s murder was a horrendous crime and we vow to make sure justice is served upon the ones who are responsible.”

Lomax’s death is the city’s 31st murder of the year, the fewest by this date since 2005, when the city ended the year with a decade high 75 murders. Budd said the father of Lomax’s 9-year-old son was murdered in 2006. Her 4-year-old daughter’s father is still alive.

Budd stood on the steps of the Greater Love Tabernacle Church, surrounded by Lomax’s grieving family and with the Rev. William E. Dickerson at his side.

“We are going to make certain,” Budd vowed through tears, “that Tiffany does not become another unsolved homicide statistic.”

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Comment by Gunna boi on July 5, 2008 at 11:51am: mad killingz in da bean man.. u hav 2 protect ya neck round da bean man da bean iz where i stay at fam.. dam much love 2 da fam n keep ya'll headz up godz watchin her

Comment by cye young on July 5, 2008 at 2:41pm: man when niggas bang they dont give a fuck...shit it aint right by any means....but how can you tell the hood that its wrong????

Comment by binky on July 5, 2008 at 4:28pm: glad 2 see her fam pull 2gether hope they stay strong and 2gether. God wanted her with him and not have her hurt anymore. maybe god's plan was 2 bring her fam closer... 2 the fam keep her kids 2gether and stay close......For All Means I Love You(family).....

Comment by yaya1020 on July 5, 2008 at 5:23pm: god bless her fam. thats so sad

Comment by monie on July 5, 2008 at 7:33pm: may god bless her and her family stay strong.

Comment by Votney925 on July 5, 2008 at 11:50pm: this is too sad my condolence goes out to the family

Comment by Q.jenkins on July 6, 2008 at 10:30pm: Seems like an inocent passenger. God bless her family.

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