Monique D Clark
Monique D Clark
Monique D Clark was a resident of San Diego, California and a mother of three children. She died of gunshot wounds in the mass shooting committed by Peter Selis. [2]
Life And Activities
Photo of Monique with her child.
Monique has three daughters who all live with their grandmother now.
It has been reported and also confirmed by Nick Cannon himself that Monique was actually a close friend of the entertainer. [11]
Shooting By The Poolside
On April 30th, 2017, Monique attended a birthday where Peter Selis was also present. Coincidentally, she was the first guest at the party to have greeted Peter. [3]
The scene at the party is described as follows by someone who was actually there:
This is a first-hand account of the incident taking place on 4/30/17 at the La Jolla Crossroads in La Jolla, CA (San Diego) My name is Demetrius Griffin.
I was directly affected by this incident, due to the fact that I was there.
The event is traumatizing, surreal and creates disbelief within our families and friends.
Please do not shy away from the rest of the article.
Proceeds will go to those that have been effected, and we would love all of your love at support, thank you!
Yesterday, at about 2pm, my friends and I convened at the La Jolla Crossroads in La Jolla, CA (San Diego), for a birthday party for one of our good friends.
Throughout the course of this time, there was plenty of laughter, plenty of hugs, smiles, and overall good energy.
Unfortunately, that was tarnished at about 5:30pm.
A white male entered the pool area, around 45 years of age, and sat down near the exit.
He set is backpack on the adjacent table, and proceeded to sit there in what looked to be a peaceful manner.
However, there was something rather strange about this situation.
The gentleman did not have any pool attire, he did not have a book/iPad, etc. for reading purposes, nothing that seemingly relates to “a day at the pool”.
From as far as we all know and what I could see first-hand, the individual only had his backpack on his person.
This man sat in his chair, without waiver, for about 45 mins, with the same docile facial expression.
Being the kind natured individual that he is, the birthday boy went forth to invite him into our party.
The conversation did not last long, I am going to approximate the conversation took about 30 seconds before the gunmen pulled a handgun out of his waistband.
As he raised his gun, he shot the birthday boy 2 times in the chest.
Additionally, he began to shoot at the crowd.
He shot one young lady in her left breast and her left arm, another young lady was shot in her leg three (3) times, and a younger male was shot in his left leg.
This exhausted his ammunition from that clip, little did we know, there was more ammunition in his backpack.
He reloaded his weapon, and began to fire more gunshots.
This time, he hit a young man in his abdominal area, he fired and hit a young lady in what is being called her “neck region”, another was hit in her shoulder.
During this time, the amount of chaos and the fear that was beginning to up rise was not only volatile, it was petrifying on many fronts.
I will not go into much further detail about the gunman due to the fact that I did not know him.
Additionally, upon arriving at the scene, SDPD shot and killed the individual.
We will have no apparent answer as to the motivation behind this and what the thought process was.
Being one of the individuals that was not wounded, I ran for safety.
In the process, you could see so much fear, unknowing, torment, amongst other things, compiling in the shrieks and faces of us that had our lives at risk immediately.
I tried to take as many people with me, and search for safe ground a distance away.
I searched for as many answers as possible in this situation, even using my articles of clothing as turn kits for those that had shot.
The most disturbing part of this issue was the response time from the SDPD.
Although, once on scene, they did an AMAZING job to subdue the situation and accommodate those of my friends that were injured… there is still this feeling of “what if they arrived sooner”.
I do understand that there are other things happening in the city and that there are other matters, but when you are getting the same exact phone call, from at least 15-30 people, I feel that the rate of response should have been much faster.
The gunman could sit and reload his weapon multiple times, injuring more people in the process.
Again, once on the scene, the police did a phenomenal job of handling the situation and putting the citizens first.
I commend the SDPD for their valor and virtue, in this disturbingly trying time… I ask, if you could, to please keep the families of those of my friends, within your prayers.
In trying times like this, we need to band together, and learn from these types of experiences.
Yes, none of us knew that today would take this right turn for the worst, but how do we learn, grow and prevent these kinds of measures?
There hasn’t been an answer yet, but let’s keep searching and doing our parts to find one.
"My heart hurts with great sadness tonight.
I just learned that the one life lost in the senseless and tragic mass shooting in San Diego was my childhood friend, who was more like family, Miss Monique Clark.
Such a beautiful spirit with an infectious smile.
I have nothing but wonderful memories of this Angel.
Tears can't express the pain and shock.
A mother of 3, a sister, a daughter, a cousin, a friend and a Queen...Rest in Paradise."