{"id":124797,"date":"2024-11-12T01:44:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124797"},"modified":"2024-11-12T01:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:44:55","slug":"teen-killed-in-tuskegee-university-homecoming-shooting-died-saving-girls-life-family-says-hes-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124797","title":{"rendered":"Teen killed in Tuskegee University homecoming shooting died saving girl\u2019s life, family says: \u2018He\u2019s a hero\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IIOQC4OAEZGV5GOCOAT7OQLVAQ\">The parents of a teen killed in the weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/Tuskegee%20shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass shooting at Tuskegee University <\/a>said their son died a hero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GX5DOROKSVC7RPJIXH7X2CEFYE\">La\u2019Tavion Johnson, 18, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/11\/tuskegee-university-homecoming-mass-shooting-kills-1-injures-16-what-we-know-today.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died in a hail of gunfire early Sunday<\/a> that also left 16 others wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SRX3A67BSNHEVKK4YMZ6ZM2GEY\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/11\/tuskegee-university-homecoming-shooting-captured-in-chilling-videos-yall-just-stay-down.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On one of the videos<\/a>, a girl said he pushed her out of the way, and that\u2019s when he got shot\u2019&#8217; said the victim\u2019s father, Larry Johnson. \u201cShe made a post that someone saved her life, and he lost his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VK6OC45GHNAUNOZ32ZIIV7DC3M\">\u201cHe\u2019s a hero in his own way,\u2019\u2019 Larry Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AKNSEQCHYNAOLLVS4LOYXPPCKI\">The gunfire erupted just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday at West Commons on-campus apartments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7PVTWUAA5ZHRHDOIABYQU54WYY\">The shooting came as Tuskegee\u2019s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. Its football team that Saturday had played Fairfield-based HBCU Miles College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JBCR74W4FFEBFE7YLKBCMJKACI\">Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Lt. Jeremy Burkett said of the 16 injured, 12 of those were shot. They were taken to hospitals in Montgomery and Lee County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FKYCDBXZXRGAJKMQ2O2NRI64XI\">According to Burkett, four others sustained injuries during the ensuing chaos.<\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_wrapper__69Ed7 Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_al__jY2oy\"\/>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VKQKS4VYZRD77IWKUCQJP57LEM\">Emergency responders, along with campus and local law enforcement, secured the scene. The State Bureau of Investigations is conducting an investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5HTD6QCQT5FPRGCLKCMJRFFT5A\">Multiple videos posted to social media showed Sunday morning\u2019s chaos on campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Y62XXVS4NRFPRFH66QPG2Q3JGU\">As of now, no one has been charged in connection with La\u2019Tavion Johnson\u2019s death or the injuries to the 16 other people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"423VW3DLZVBXHACW56DDJEFVCY\">On Sunday, 25-year-old Jaquez Myrick, of Montgomery, was arrested for being in possession of a handgun with a machine gun conversion device. Authorities said Myrick was found leaving the scene of the shooting and charged federally with possession of a machine gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EAE4KSYGQZCPLAXJHGXYTIDSSU\">Tuskegee University canceled all classes on Monday and said grief counselors would be available in the chapel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MXZ2UE46GZDBXCZHXPAFPDGEU4\">La\u2019Tavion Johnson graduated from Charles Henderson High School in Troy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZBQQUPT3QFGIPDREX6YD5L44XA\">\u201cHe was energetic,\u2019\u2019 Larry Johnson said. \u201cIn so many ways, he was shy until he got to know you and then he was life of any party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NP7FG2N2KJFOPNCOFURFVV33CI\">\u201cHe was an 18-year-old full of energy,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cHe loved to play out outside. He was country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IX5JDFTKNZG7HJBYKNHFIJ5K2Q\">La\u2019tavion Johnson worked at Piggly Wiggly right after graduation, and also worked on a family member\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FCO2ICFLPBB5RKQCUBO6HSIIX4\">He was set to begin a new job next week with the Alabama Department of Transportation in Troy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JL4COYYK25HMNODI6OOLILHO2E\">Larry Johnson and his wife, Tamika, were asleep early Sunday when they received a phone call from someone telling them their son had been shot. They didn\u2019t believe it at first, and then got a second call from a friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QYU4HHA7Q5D6TIBDSUPPV4XVPE\">\u201cThey said it is him and he\u2019s laying on the ground,\u2019\u2019 Larry Johnson said. \u201cThey said we needed to get to Tuskegee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LZDDH4YMEBBIZDB7MBRPF2JDP4\">They rushed to Tuskegee University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZCJ7PX2P6NF4ZDQNPVZIKEXNDA\">\u201cWe were standing right there by the body, and we didn\u2019t even realize it because we were looking up,\u2019\u2019 Larry Johnson said. \u201cThey started roping the crime scene off and they were pushing me out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6UGF6NY4HZEBPACQ7BC55Y4WBI\">Larry Johnson made his way to his son, whose body was covered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LAWRHNJRBRFKDIZENLS36554N4\">\u201cI didn\u2019t uncover him, but I saw his shoes, and that\u2019s what made me realize it was him,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt was hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XRFEILGRLJC2HFXZRQII72ED3Y\">Larry Johnson said he talked with his son Friday at the home of his mother, who was LaTavion Johnson\u2019s grandmother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LU4ZVNDMLRGMTE7MM74VXTNBYY\">Larry Johnson grabbed a Gatorade from the refrigerator, and his son teased him that the drink would cost him $2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZOMLGZG3QZCCLELEV7TB5FQ2B4\">Tamika Johnson saw her son Saturday morning when he went to their home to pick up some medicine for his nephew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IQ65NO5V4VHILFHYNYXAQCFBHM\">The Johnsons said they usually knew their son\u2019s plans, but did not know he was going to Tuskegee for the homecoming festivities. His grandmother knew he was going.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"THANRWHBH5DJDEMO2XOBIJFBH4\">\u201cI usually call him and tell him to be safe,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cOnly my mama knew this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VLPC7R35IVC3TO3G33CIHIE3K4\">Larry Johnson said the gun violence that took his son\u2019s life is senseless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YRB7HNHWSNH5NMWJ2KHKKAWS5Q\">\u201cI\u2019m going to see if I can talk to some preachers and get a Stop the Violence Rally going,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cWe need to get rid of these guns because it\u2019s getting ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CYYYI7VLWBEVDK4D7B3ZTGHJPA\">The Johnsons lost another child, a daughter, to a car wreck less than two years ago. They are now raising her child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2RIVBIXUIVH7RBPQM3KXLAW7AA\">La\u2019Tavion\u2019s parents said they will remember their son for his laugh and his jokes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LAU5ZSXD2NDZ7ODFKNJV6U76YM\">\u201cIt hurts,\u2019\u2019 Larry Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CPWDMBKKGRGVPB5ELIFN2YIF4M\">\u201cHe will be greatly missed,\u2018\u2019 his mother said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/11\/teen-killed-in-tuskegee-university-homecoming-shooting-died-saving-girls-life-family-says-hes-a-hero.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parents of a teen killed in the weekend mass shooting at Tuskegee University said their son died a hero. 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