BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The gravesite of 18-year-old Sincere Pierce, one of two Cocoa teens killed when a Brevard sheriff’s deputy shot at them in November 2020, was targeted by vandals Wednesday night, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.
The teen’s aunt Cynthia Byrd-Green, his adoptive mother who raised him from infancy, said she visits the gravesite at Riverview Memorial Gardens in Cocoa daily.
She arrived Thursday to find a ceramic vase and Pierce’s portrait shattered. [TRENDING: All Florida Publix locations now offer vaccine | John Morgan settles beef with Arby’s | Last chance to go to space] She also found bullet casings near the grave, which is decorated with flowers and teddy bears.