Baltimore's Dawson Family Fire: A Community's Heartbreak - Jhu Innovations
Weba local drug dealer was found responsible for killing all seven members of the family inside in retaliation after angela dawson alerted police to drug activity in her. 16, 2002, one of them attacked her home with a firebomb that killed her, her husband and five children. Brooks was convicted in the killing and sentenced.
Monday, on the 15th anniversary of their death, the community came together to honor. Websunday commemorates 20 years since the fatal firebombing of the dawson family in east baltimore. City firefighters who responded to the fire told 11 news it's.