Nicolette 'Nikki' Davis' family members are trying to understand how someone who made people smile die in an act of gun violence.
HOUSTON, Texas -- The family of 31-year-old Nicolette Davis, also known as Nikki, is praying for understanding and hoping for justice after the mother of six was shot and killed while riding in a car on Glenvista Street, not far off the Gulf Freeway, on Monday evening.
"It's hard right now, but it's going to get better for us. It's going to get better, because we've got a praying family. We believe in God," said Kathy Davis, Nikki's grandmother. Houston police say Nikki's boyfriend was driving, and her family says her 12-year-old and 1-year-old daughters were with them in the car when someone in a dark-colored SUV pulled up beside them and started shooting. They don't know why.
"We never thought this would happen to us. We see it on the news all the time, but we say, 'No, not our family.' We are not out there in them streets. We aren't doing the bad. But look what happened to my daughter, my granddaughter," Kathy said."You'll know Nikki if you walk into a room with Nikki. You'll know who Nikki was by the time you left," said Shanita Vital-Davis, Nikki's aunt.
This incident also adds to the rise in murders that happen on roadways across Houston, which doubled from 2019 to 2021.