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.
How did this woman know he was her son? They have different last names.
I will give credit for one thing, as a Junior, the father was willing to take credit (or blame) for how things turned out.
Evidently so. The mother, who does not have the same last name as her own child, declared that in spite of his obvious activities, “(h)e was not a bad kid”. And her judgment is obviously unskewed and unbiased.
I am sorry he was so stupid but youths can kill just like older people. He should have known better.
What hit me was two different names — broken home or no father?
Haggins Jr
Talbott — mother
Who was the corrupt DA (or whomever) that declared this death a “homicide”, I’d like to know?
I don’t think it’s inconsistent to feel sympathy for the robber’s family, sorrow for the wasted life, and approval for the store owner’s legitimate, self defense actions. I don’t see the family justifying the robber’s actions so much as grieving over the loss. Sure. They think he was a good kid who simply fell into the wrong crowd. They don’t know, but he might have even been the instigator/leader. What they claim about not knowing and/or being responsible for everything teenagers choose to do once they leave home strikes me as being realistic, too.
Ghetto mom logic.
But I managed to avoid doing anything that might get me shot by someone acting in self defense.
It ain't easy being a parent and it aint easy being an observant adult that sees trouble and WANTS to say something .. but ...
Yesterday my son dropped by with my 2 yr old grandson and in the course of conversation and watching Blake play, I remarked about something to my son regarding (what I consider) a failure on my part with him and that I saw the same attitude with him and my grandson.
I didn't want to say it because I knew it might alienate me from my son, but I ALSO knew ... i HAD to say it.
I don't think I alienated my son, but he didn't like what I said ... and I'm glad I said it.
QFT
And then there's the complacent media, painting this kid like he's some kind of victim. What about the store owner? He didn't go to work that morning planning on shooting anyone.
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That 16-year-old kid was committing a crime. When you're committing a crime, odds are you are going to be killed or injured. I'd say this “child” wasn't taught that fact by his parents.
By the way, where is the father?
Since Haggins’ death was declared a homicide
How do these two go together? Shot during an armed robbery? Looks like justice.
Nothing more heart rending than a mother grieving for a wayward child.
I wonder what Isaiah Haggin, Sr. had to say.
Probably too distraught to speak to the media.
I don't blame him.
Candace, where is Isiah’s father?
Can NOO Canoe ?
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.
This makes it alright for her son to arm himself and attempt to rob a store and possibly use that weapon to kill
Yes we have all done some stupid things but use a gun to hold up a business? He was a child trying to be a teenager, ok I forgive him! duh! No excuses you live by the sword you die by the sword
Another of Obama’s pretend sons. No doubt, he was on the verge of turning his life around.
I grew up n a small town. If our parents did not know what kids did, others would have told them. To give you a hint on how small it was, a relative did paperwork for a divorce. Before she could get to her parents to tell them, someone beat her by telling them first.
How many kids did he have?
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