A mom of three from Mansfield, Texas was among the victims killed during a Juneteenth celebration in Round Rock.
The free festival took place at Old Settlers Park, about 20 minutes north of Austin . Lyndsey Vicknair was well-known and loved by many in Mansfield .“I've known Lyndsey Vicknair since she was a child. She was baptized in this church,” Dr. Michael Evans, Senior Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, said.
Lyndsey and Kevin Vicknair, her husband, were together at a Juneteenth celebration on Saturday evening in Round Rock. Round Rock Police said an altercation began between two groups during a concert at the event, and someone started shooting. “She said, ‘I’m hit’,” Kevin said in a press conference on Monday. Kevin said he performed CPR on his wife; however, she died.The couple was raising their three children, ages one to seven, in their Central Texas home. On Sunday he had to tell his kids their mom was never coming home.
“My wife and I, members of the church, we took off to Austin. And we, of course, discovered that it wasn't a nightmare. It was real that something tragic like this would happen to a woman who was such a nice lady. Just an awesome person.”On Monday afternoon, the Austin Bar Association released a brief statement offering condolences to those who knew Lyndsey.
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