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Get what you deserve. Where are you going? You need to die. He needs to be. What you did? He took our life away from us and we all are. We his family. We are his hurt because that baby didn't deserve nothing of that. Police say the search for Dodson lasted nearly 24 hours. On Monday, authorities tracked him down at Vista Landing apartments on Cleveland Road. The family says Amari's mother is struggling to process what she saw. she saw she held her baby. Full I don't know what she went through. Court records show this was not Dawson's first run in with the law in 2022. He was accused of beating a 16 year old and brandishing a gun. Months later he was arrested for domestic battery after police say he punched a woman knocking out her two front teeth. He served time and was later sentenced again after investigators say he ran from officers while carrying a gun. He was released from prison in November. Now, four months later, he's charged in this shooting. My sister, you took what her heartbeat. She can't even sign a piece of paper. She can't eat.