17-year-old Ballou High School School sophomore, James Anthony Smith was shot and killed Monday in Washington, DC. His mother believes it was all, over a pair of bright red Christmas Nike Air Jordan’s.
All James wanted for Christmas was the $220 red J’s and his mother decided to give it to him as an early Christmas gift, the Washington Post reports.
James was shot and killed on a basketball court at the Frederick Douglas Community Center.
His mother believes whoever killed her son took the sneakers because he was found on the street shoeless. He died two hours later at a hospital.
“He was an all-American kid,” his mother says to the Post. “He loved his red shoes. He loved basketball.
He loved his computer games… I can’t believe he was killed, all over a pair of shoes,” she adds.
James was only able to enjoy the shoes for four days.
RIP.
Is not you now
The post is a sad one
Really sad
Sad for what?
??
Why this
Read the post
Abi
Lolz
in such a season, these family will mourn, oh GOD.
sooo sad
Really heart breaking
Sure it is.I pray God comforts the mother.
Yea but he should have Let go
Itz so heart breaking
too heart breaking, its gonna be black christmas for the family
I hope this matter is properly brought to investigation
Sure it would its not our police force.but our police force,have their Good sides by the way.
that was how TOBY brought the Nigerian police force into this matter
chai lol
Rip james
Zo sad
I’m certain investigations would go on
.and the perpetuators would be brought to book
It won’t be long before they are caught.
This is awful. May his soul rest in peace and may God give the mother strength to bear her loss
But the boy is stupid, what is pair of shoe that he can’t Let go
So sad rip
It is heart breaking..??????
Yes of course
RIP James Anthony. May God grant the Mum the fortitude to bear the loss. They should check his friends, it will be one bad bele who took them or probably a psycopath. Cos why steal a shoe, even if its worth a million dollars?