This week is a tragic one as senseless gun violence in this country has taken the life of a young man who had a promising future ahead of him.
Las Vegas Police said a teenager was dead after he was shot and killed by trick-or-treaters’ on Halloween night. Medical personnel responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Se’Mauri Norris-Johnson, a talented 17-year-old football player, was out with friends trick-or-treating when a group of teenage boys, wearing ski masks, got out of a vehicle and approached them. One of the trick-or-treaters fired at the group, hitting and killing the victim.
Se’Mauri Johnson, a standout athlete at a local Las Vegas high school, was not only known for his skills on the football field but also for his academic achievements as an honor-roll student.
“He was not looking for trouble. He was not that kind of kid,” Maureisha Johnson, the victim’s mother said.
The Las Vegas police department said the suspects are described as “juvenile males,” one wearing all black, a red backpack, and a black ski mask. The other was wearing a white “Scream” mask.
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Johnson said her son was a great kid who played football at Desert Pines High School. He was a junior and on his way to college.
When she arrived at the crime scene, she said police wouldn’t let her see her son.
“To not let me, I mean, even if you don’t want to disrupt a crime scene, then I should, once they were getting him up and things like that, why not let a mother see their child? It’s just traumatizing,” Johnson said.
Now SeMauri Johnson has to tragically lay her son to rest and endure the heartbreak of losing him to a senseless crime.
