Teen, Mom Arrested After Gunfire At BBQ
POSTED: Friday, May 30, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 19-year-old accused of firing several shots a people gathered for a Memorial Day cookout is charged with aggravated assault, and so is his mother, who police say told her son to fire the shots.
According to the police report, Kabibi Ngombe, 38, got in an argument with people in the 2000 block of Lambert Street on Monday evening, then told them she was going to get her son, who “would get his gun and come up on you all.”
Ngombe returned a few minutes later, with her son, Patient Lukohde. Witnesses told police that Lukohde walked toward them and fired several shots at the group of people.
An officer who was close enough to the incident to hear gunfire and responded, arresting Lukohde and Ngombe.
No one was hit by the gunfire Police found seven 9 mm shell casings at the scene.
Both mother and son were booked into the Duval County jail. Ngombe remains in jail on $100,358 bond, while Lukohde is being held on $50,003 bond.
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