LIMA MOTHER OF 6 LAID TO REST; PASTOR SAYS COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNITE

LIMA, Ohio -- A mother of six children who was shot to death by police
during a drug raid Jan. 4 was laid to rest today after a two-hour
memorial service that focused on the need for the community to come
together and address its problems.

Tarika Wilson, 26, of Lima, was shot twice in the upper torso when
officers raided her East Third Street home. Her 14-month-old son,
Sincere Wilson, also was wounded in the gunfire.

Ronald Fails, pastor at Grace Church Worldwide Ministries, told a
church packed with more than 300 people that Wilson's family needed
prayers but so did the Lima community.

"I want to pray that God will reconcile the community -- it's not just
the family," he said. "It's the whole community, and when we talk
about the community it's important that we take this out of the realm
of black and white. This is not just an issue of black and white."

City police have provided few details about what happened after its
SWAT team raided Wilson's house and arrested her boyfriend, Anthony
Terry, on drug charges.

Both the FBI and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and
Investigation were called in to investigate the shooting.

Lima Mayor David Berger and Council President John Nixon attended the
funeral as did Allen County Sheriff Dan Beck.