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Woman jumped in Detroit while selling Valentine's Day baskets
Kim Braxton makes custom gift baskets and sells them to passersby in Detroit for most major holidays. Last night, while selling her Valentine's Day baskets, she says that three young men robbed and assaulted her. The community quickly responded to help raise her spirits back up after the incident.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A woman selling Valentine's Day baskets over the weekend in Detroit said she was jumped and robbed.
Kim Braxton was at the corner of Houston-Whittier and Gratiot on Saturday afternoon when she says she was hit in the face and knocked down by three young men who then stole her baskets.
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Braxton, who has been selling baskets at the same corner for four years, took to social media after the crime to discuss what happened while she waited for police to make a report.
"They're not gonna stop me from selling baskets," she said in the tearful video.
On Sunday, Quincy Smith, the head of community violence intervention group Team Pursuit, met with Braxton. He gave her money to help recoup some of her losses.
"We see one of our own community members victimized, right? Abused and hurt, taken advantage of, it just makes you enraged and want to respond immediately.
What's next:
An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
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