Posted on 07/13/2014 3:15:03 PM PDT by Drew68
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Family and friends gathered outside of a Dayton shopping plaza to remember a teen shot in an apparent robbery attempt.
Isiah Haggins Jr., 16, was shot multiple times by the owner of the Step-N-Style clothing store in the Northwest Shopping Plaza on West Siebenthaler Avenue on June 30. Police said Haggins, along with another suspect, walked into the store armed with guns in a reported robbery attempt.
Since Haggins’ death was declared a homicide, the Sisters of the Precious Blood held a vigil for him Saturday afternoon.
People gathered Saturday outside of the store to pray for Haggins and his family; his mother says the loss is tough.
“He was a young child that made a bad decision that cost him his life, But he was only 16. I’m pretty sure we’ve all done something that could cost us our lives at the age of 16. He was not a bad kid. He was just a child trying to be a teenage,” said Haggins’ mother Candace Talbott.
Police said the Step-N-Style owner was acting self defensive when he shot Haggins Junior; another suspect remains on the loose following the attempted robbery at the urban clothing store.
Talbott recognizes that her son’s actions were wrong but his death is not something she can let go.
“Do not let this just fly away as if it was just a murder that may have been justified. My son was shot four times. A 16-year-old kid was shot four times.”
Talbott says her son simply fell in with the wrong crowd.
Her family agrees noting that they had a feeling some of the guys he hung around were up to no good.
Now as they remember their loved, they urge all parents to trust your instincts and save your children from what happened in this case.
“And I want every parent to understand,you can say it, because I’ve said it before, ‘not my kid, my child would never do anything like that’ You can say it all day but once that child walks outside your door, you’re no longer around him, you do not known what that child will do,” said one attendee of the vigil.
The second suspect who was with Haggins Jr. fled and is still on the loose.
Police are reviewing surveillance video from the store and the shopping plaza as part of their investigation.
LOL! Maybe he should have hypenated his name like Haggins-Talbot or Talbot-Haggins.
What was in that store that could possibly be worth your life? All the money + all the inventory? Was that worth your life?
Stupid, stupid, stupid
Yeah...I was riding motorcycles in competitive races at 15. I guess I could have been killed doing that. But I had to keep my grades up and make sure everything around the house was done.
And my father would take me to the races.
I wonder where this kid’s father is?
“I’m pretty sure we’ve all done something that could cost us our lives at the age of 16.”
Well, I joined the Army at 17...I GUESS that could’ve ‘cost’ me my life. *Rolleyes*
Sorry, Sister, but you are a HUGE part of the PROBLEM within your ‘community!’
His “Manliness”, which he lost.
Guh-bye punk ass bitch.
Jus another example of the man keepin’ the brutha down.
Armed robbery is not one of them.
The dirt bike races and Poker Runs I rode in could get quite dangerous but I NEVER did anything that was against the law.
There is a difference between lawful and illegal dangerous activities.
If you view it as though he was in his 48th trimester....
Actually it was Josie Wales that said that.
They may actually charge his accomplice with the murder under a felony murder law.
Any homicide is a homicide, even if it is ruled justified, but since his accomplice died in the commission of a felony, the other perp gets the equivalent of second degree murder charged as well.
Poppa's probably in the slammer and most likely belongs there.
Wow...someone in this crowd with a functioning brain....
That was Josey Wales, not Callahan.
He was just a child trying to be a teenage,” said Haggins’ mother Candace Talbott.
another suspect remains on the loose
they had a feeling some of the guys he hung around were up to no good
I actually corrected several typos in the original story before I posted it.
Good post and I agree. I have a nephew in law who committed murder and I still felt empathy for his dad.
I was thinking that in a perfect world he would have had at least one parent who loved and cared for him enough to keep him out of that sort of life. The poor kid had no one.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. The world is a slightly better place now. He did a hell of a lot more than “fall in with the wrong crowd.”
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