18-year-old Elijah DewItt and his girlfriend, Bailey Reidling. Dewitt was gunned down by two “youths” in a parking lot while on a date with Reidling.
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On Wednesday, October 5 at about 8:15 PM, 18-year-old high-school football star Elijah Dewitt was shot dead in the parking lot outside the Sugarloaf Mills Mall in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Two other teens, both of them black, have been arrested and charged with Dewitt’s murder.
Most would agree that this incident was a tragedy. What I find even more tragic is the fact that before the blood had even dried, Dewitt’s girlfriend and both of his parents said that they forgave the killers. (more…)