Police Brutality

Terrance Kellom Murder: Black Solidarity and Public Advocacy for Justice

July 21, 2016 Kevin Morgan BlackLivesMatter, Police Brutality, Police Murder

Black father, Kevin Kellom narrates brutal police murder of his son, announces protest and seeks public advocacy for justice.

April 27, 2015 was the day that great joy eluded the Kellom family. It was on this day that Terrance Kellom was murdered in cold blood in the presence of his father and several other family members by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Mitchell Quinn. The ICE department through the Detroit Free Press in defense to the murder claimed that the young man was a suspect in a pizza robbery case and had fled from probation he was serving for a prior weapons offense. But subsequent details proved that the young man was innocent of all the ICE claims.

In an interview with the father of the deceased, Kevin Kellom, BlackMattersUS gathered a much more vivid account of the events on that fateful day and subsequent actions which have been taken and are yet to be taken. Kevin speaks about his son’s ordeal on that day:

Kevin has lost all his fortunes in the fight to seek justice for his murdered son. Worst of all is that the family is financially crippled. That’s why they created their fundraise campaign “In Loving Memory Of Terrence Kellom aka Tee Tee.”

As African-American civil rights activists, we are in solidarity with the family in the wake to seek justice. We solicit for funds from the general Black community and sympathizers to aid this worthy course. A few dollars could make a lot of difference in seeking justice. If you detest injustice, police shootings and other racial brutalities then don’t disappoint the Black fraternity. Support financially and your presence on the day of the protest will be much appreciated.

Kindly SHARE this article on any social media of your choice. If you are in Detroit kindly come to the march in Memory of Terrance. Check our website for updates on this.

Kevin Kellom

April 27, 2015 it was me, my son, my daughter, our girlfriend and my daughter’s fiancé. We were all downstairs happily watching TV and having fun when suddenly there was a knock on the door. I attended to the door only to see Police officers and ICE officers at my door. One of the officers asked me if I had a son, and I said “yes, but I have several sons and it depends which one you are talking about.” The officer then replied “Kerry Kellom” and I said “no, there is no one here with that name.
The officer who was leading them doubted the fact that I said there was no one with that name so he decided he would then conduct a search in the house. So I told the officer that I would only allow him to conduct the search if he showed me his search warrant. He pushed me away and the officers entered the house.
They went straight upstairs with the search while I kept on asking for their search warrant. The Officer shouted they have one and that it’s in the car. Within some few minutes, I heard the officer shouted ‘All clear’ and he repeated ‘All clear’ once more. I never knew what ‘All clear’ meant. A minute later I heard the officer shouted “freeze mother f**ker – show me your hands.” My son did exactly what the officer commanded.
At this time other officers who were downstairs with me and my daughter were beating us and they picked us to my dining room. As I forced my way back to the hall, I looked at my son and said “We’ve got you.” The officers came for me and hit me hard against the wall. Less than in a minute, I heard gunshots and when I turned, I saw my son’s eyes when he took four steps forward and fell to the ground. The officers put bullets in my son right before my eyes. About 6 to 8 bullets were put into the innocent guy. All this while, the other officers had held the rest of us at gunpoint.

blackmattersus.com

Was your son having any hammer in his hand as reported?

Kevin Kellom

No! My son had nothing in his hands. During the court issues, there was no fingerprint on the hammer as alleged by the police. Yet they killed him for nothing.

blackmattersus.com

So, Kevin, are you saying the officers never showed any search warrant to you before they broke into your home?

Kevin Kellom

No they didn’t. These Officers never showed any search warrant, and I still do not have it.

blackmattersus.com

So what then brought the officers to your home? Was your son associated with any gang or was he tagged with any crime?

Kevin Kellom

When I met the officer at the door, what he said was that they are looking for my son in connection with a crime. In the first place, he mentioned a wrong name because I don’t have any son by name Kerry Kellom. At least 20 or more officers came to my home without search warrant. They also never gave proper details of the alleged crime my son had committed. My son was not in any gang or drugs. My son was an “Angel with wings.” He was a good daddy to his son.

blackmattersus.com

It was reported that Kellom was involved in a robbery. That he robbed a pizza man and that led the officers to your house. How true is that?

Kevin Kellom

That is very untrue. God has been good to me and my family so I wonder why a young man who had a job and lived well would be involved in a pizza robbery. Kellom never did that, he never robbed any pizza man and this is what I want the world to know. He was not in any armed robbery case, so I do not know what brought the officers to my home. It was an intentional assassination.

blackmattersus.com

We are aware that you have filed a lawsuit. What is the state so far and are there plans for protests?

Kevin Kellom

Right now I am still waiting for my attorney. He is the one that went to court for the civil suit, so whatever he says and whenever he says we should move we will move. We are ready to attain justice for my innocent son. Now I am planning on organizing a protest in July called “POST” – Protect Our Stolen Treasure. This is what a father can do to seek justice for his son.

blackmattersus.com

How are the family doing now? How are the newly born baby and the mother? How are you holding up?

Kevin Kellom

The baby is doing well as well as the mother. Sadly enough you can imagine how this kid holding his pants up everyday asking for his daddy. The mother is working to put things in shape because of the kid so that the father’s absence will not be felt so much by the kid.
As for me, I am not working presently because I lost my job and my doctor told me I have PTSD. The stress, pressure and the death of my son – all hailing up as problems for me.

Black father, Kevin Kellom narrates brutal police murder of his son, announces protest and seeks public advocacy for justice.

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