Heartrending moment grieving mother is shown kindness by stranger in her hour of need

Video footage has captured the heart-warming infinitesimal betwixt a grieving parent and a benignant alien who shared a loving clasp successful her hr of need.

Dominique Turner and Brittany Rivers shared a long, tearful hug that looked similar a reunion of lifelong friends - but this was their precise archetypal meeting. 

'I conscionable couldn't hold to hug her and archer her I loved her, due to the fact that she cared,' Rivers said to WDBJ.

The 2 were brought unneurotic by an unthinkable loss. For Turner, the infinitesimal meant much than anything. 

Last September, her lad Deonteiz Turner, conscionable 24 years old, was killed successful Rivers' backyard aft being gunned down successful a shocking enactment of violence.

Roanoke constabulary discovered Deonteiz dormant successful his car, having crashed into a backyard shed aft being changeable portion driving nearby.

'It was horrific,' Rivers told the outlet. 'You mislaid a kid that day, and it benignant of got, I don't privation to accidental forgotten about, but you don't perceive astir it anymore.'

The young begetter near down a heartbroken household and a girl who volition turn up without him.

'It's not fair,' Turner said. 'He has a girl who is increasing up without her daddy.'

On the archetypal day of the tragedy, Turner near flowers adjacent the spot wherever her lad died.

The elemental enactment of honoring her lad would soon spark an unexpected connection.

Rivers, touched by the flowers, took to societal media successful hopes of reaching retired to the grieving mother.

'I didn't adjacent cognize his name. I'm grieving for someone's kid that I didn't adjacent know,' Rivers explained.

'I was similar I tin astatine slightest scope retired and fto her cognize my condolences and she could sojourn anytime.'

These 2 families are present joining forces, hoping to cleanable up the country astir the clang tract and make a lasting memorial for Deonteiz.

'Hopefully, this tin bring her immoderate benignant of closure,' Rivers said. 'Just to person a abstraction to travel speech to him.'

Turner is pleading with the assemblage to travel guardant with immoderate accusation regarding the execution - inactive unsolved.

'This is Roanoke. Everybody knows everything. Nobody's speaking up. People are talking amongst themselves, but not to the police,' Turner said.

Despite justness not yet served, Turner inactive recovered unexpected comfortableness successful her caller relationship with Rivers.

'There are inactive bully radical successful this world. I didn't deliberation anyone cared, but she proved maine wrong. She really cares,' Turner said.