Marcia Grant‘s devastated family paid tribute to the 60-year-old, describing her as a ‘warm, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and a pillar of her community.’
A 12-year-old has been charged with murder after a car hit and killed a grandmother in Sheffield, UK on Wednesday, April 5.
The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before Sheffield Youth Court today, April 8, police said.
Emergency services responded to calls of a collision between a car and a woman in the Greenhill area at 7:10pm, South Yorkshire Police said.
Despite the best efforts of paramedics, Grant, a social worker and foster carer, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 12-year-old boy was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and on suspicion of possessing a knife.
Ms Grant’s family said: ‘Marcia was a warm, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and a pillar of her community.’
Andrea Bowell, South Yorkshire Police detective chief inspector, commenting on the case, said: ‘This will be a deeply distressing time for the families of the deceased.
‘I would ask their privacy is respected as they seek to understand what has happened.’
A statement released by police on Friday, April 7 reads: ‘A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the death of a Sheffield woman.
‘The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been charged with murder and will appear before Sheffield Youth Court on Saturday, April 8 2023.
