Posted on 12/19/2015 8:30:38 PM PST by BBell
A 15-year-old high school football player was hailed a hero after he was fatally shot as he covered three girls when a man “randomly†opened fire on a crowd in Tennessee, police said Friday.
“Zaevion Dobson, a 15-year-old Fulton High School student and football player, was struck and killed after he had jumped on top of three girls to shield them from the shooters,†Knoxville police Chief David Rausch said, appearing emotional as he held back tears during a news conference.
None of the three girls were injured, according to a GoFundMe page for Dobson, that said he was “our hero.â€
Thursday’s deadly incident began when Brandon Perry, 23, shot his mother, Lisa, in the back several times, police said.
She suffered non-life threatening injuries, and a 10-year-old who was also inside the residence was not injured, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
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We do have some real men out there still.
I would say, Yup, a real hero. What a brave young man who stood in the gap when called to do so.
Rest in peace, young man. The world is a poorer place without you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
True hero. Sometimes the good really do die young. Crying shame.
Man, 15 years old. Would we have done the same at that age? Think about it. The answer is not certain.
Who cares? Kid died a hero.
Notice the deafening silence from the media, Soetoro, Jackson/Sharpton, and the BLM crowd.
You could always change your moniker to.....D*ck.....stay classy! The kid was killed protecting little girls you loser!
Hey, man. I’m just making fun of the rest of the punks here. If you want to call me a punk for doing so, fair game.
So sad.
The “Amish” joke is usually for the perps.
BLM don’t care about no black folks!!
God Bless him. No greater gift ...
The media hasn’t entirely ignored the story - as usual, the gun grabbers have been out in force trying to twist this into yet another politicized call for gun control:
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/lupica-zaevion-dobson-death-shouldn-gop-article-1.2471166
I glad you explained it. I was wondering about you myself. I do agree that the “Amish” moniker is getting old.
God Bless the memory if this young man who died a hero.
Doesn’t fit the lefts agenda. Obama won’t mention this kids name, I know he won’t, after all, he wasn’t a thug and did the right thing, meanwhile leftists think Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin are saints
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