Last Updated on: 22nd September 2021, 09:22 am
Who is Jamari Williams? Biography, Wiki
Jamari Williams was a teenager who was allegedly shot and killed near a high school on the south side of Chicago on Tuesday.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the Simeon Career Academy student as Williams.
He was shot at around 2:40 p.m. in a shopping center less than a kilometer from the school.
Jamari Williams Age
His current age was 15 years.
Simeon Football Player Jamari Williams Killed in Shooting
A vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire and shot him in the chest.
He was admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.
No arrests were made.
The sophomore soccer player was with a group of high school kids at the time of the shooting, FOX 32 Chicago reported.
“He wasn’t the tattoo artist or a bad boy. He was a boy who was hoping to get his mother out of the neighborhood through football,” said Pastor Donovan Price, who spoke with the boy’s family, as per the FOX 32.
At least a dozen shots were fired, as per the witnesses.
A backpack and sandals were among the items left in the parking lot and sidewalk outside a BMO Harris Bank branch after the shooting, as photos show. The objects were surrounded by more than a dozen trace elements.
“We heard the noise and saw people running,” said an unidentified employee of a nearby GameStop, as per the Chicago Sun-Times.
“The kids left school and then it happened.”
Price added that Williams had already lost his father to gun violence.
What Was His Family Statement?
“The family wants everyone to know: he was a good boy. A boy who wanted to play football. Who expected to play football in Simeon, but unfortunately it was delayed due to COVID,” he said.
Police say the shooting is under investigation.
