An Edison family mourns for an 11-year-old boy who they say was struck and killed by a vehicle on Friday.
EDISON -- Surrounded by family members, Shakera Moore cried for her only son who she said died on Friday after being struck by a vehicle in a parking lot near his home.
Askari Mylikye Moore, 11, was skateboarding Friday evening with two of his friends in a parking lot of the Durham Woods apartment complex when he was struck by the vehicle, according to his mother, Shakera Moore, and members of her family.
Askari Mylikye Moore, 11, of Edison Shakera Moore was sitting on the couch in her living room Sunday late afternoon with her head in her hands, crying, as her sister, Myriam Henry, of Clark, consoled her.
It remains unknown at this point who was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident or how the incident transpired. Shakera Moore and her family said they were frustrated by the limited information that they had received from police.
Edison police Chief Tom Bryan on Sunday only said that the matter was under investigation by the Edison Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. He said he was unable to comment further.
The county Prosecutor's Office did not return requests for comment Sunday.
Shakera Moore said she was at work on Friday when police called her and told her she needed to go immediately to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. They had not told her what happened over the phone, she said.
She said when she walked into the hospital and was immediately met by a chaplain she knew that her son had died. She broke down crying in the hospital.
"My only child; my whole world revolved around him," she said in tears.
The family said police informed them they would have more information on Monday.
A memorial was held in the parking lot of the complex Sunday afternoon where the family says Askari had been struck. Shakera Moore said there had been an incredible outpouring of support by the community.
"It's surreal," said Shakera Moore's boyfriend, David Hughes. "It doesn't register at first."
The family is still making funeral arrangements and has started a GoFundMe site to help raise funds.
Askari was a fifth-grader at Lincoln Elementary School.
Shakera Moore said she had moved to the apartment complex in Edison from New Brunswick five or six years ago primarily because she wanted a safer environment for her son.
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