Coach, Administrator remember Bessemer graduate killed in shooting near Alabama State University
Coach, Administrator remember Bessemer graduate killed in shooting near Alabama State University
SALE AMID REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO BUY THE ISLAND NATION. SHERI: A BESSEMER MAN IS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN A SHOOTING NEAR THE CAMPUS OF ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY LAST NIGHT. GUY: WVTM 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO KNEW AND CARED ABOUT HIM. >> HE ALWAYS SEEMED TO LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS. CHIP: DR. LAKESHYA GEORGE WATCHED JACQUEZ HALL GROW UP. SHE TAUGHT AT HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LATER SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BESSEMER CITY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 2016. >> WHAT I’M REMINDED OF IS ONE WHO WAS REALLY SELFLESS. HE ALWAYS TRIED TO FIND WAYS TO BRING HIS FRIENDS ALONG WITH HIM, NO MATTER WHAT HE WAS DOING. CHIP: THE 21-YEAR-OLD FROM BESSEMER IS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS INJURED IN A SHOOTING NEAR THE ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN MONTGOMERY. POLICE HAVEN’T SAID WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING. >> HE PASSED AWAY, PUTTING HIMSELF PUTTING HIMSELF LAST WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT SOMEONE ELSE. CHIP: HALL WASN’T JUST A STANDOUT PERSON, BUT ALSO A STAR ATHLETE. DERONE FAGAN COACHED HIM IN BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. >> AND WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT’S JUST TRAGIC. YOU HATE TO HEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU WANT ALL YOUR FORMER STUDENTS TO GO AND BE SUCCESSFUL. AND BE ABLE TO SEE THEM MATURE, GO INTO ADULTHOOD, START FAMILIES, BECOME PRODUCTIVE YOUNG MEN IN SOCIETY. CHIP: COACH FAGAN SAYS HALL’S FORMER TEAMMATES ARE MOURNING TOGETHER, REFLECTING ON THEIR TIME WITH HIM. >> HAD A HUNGER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT’S WHAT THEY’LL REMEMBER MO
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Coach, Administrator remember Bessemer graduate killed in shooting near Alabama State University
A Bessemer man is one of two killed in a shooting near the campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery.
BESSEMER, Ala. —
A Bessemer man is one of two killed in a shooting near the campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery.
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