(latimes.com) Joshua Davis (on right in picture) was tall and skinny and chocolate-brown. The middle child, he filled his parents’ house with laughter–and a certain amount of drama.
Asked what the 18-year-old liked most to do, his parents, Greg and Lisa Davis, answered in unison: “Dance.” He loved music and singing, too. He played the drums in church. He played basketball before dropping out of Washington High School. He worked as a prep cook at the Red Lobster restaurant in Inglewood.
Joshua was walking back to the front door after seeing his girlfriend off just after 1 a.m. Tuesday. His parents were inside their Athens house, asleep. Drive-by shooters came down the block, headlights off.
At the sound of the gunfire, Lisa Davis bolted from bed and cried out Joshua’s name.
Joshua was lying between the house and curb. He had a bullet wound in the back of his head. He was still breathing. There was blood coming out of his mouth. His parents crouched down. “I told him I loved him,” Greg Davis said. “I told him I didn’t want him to leave this world.” Joshua died before their eyes on the pavement. (more…)
This article was very sobering to read. My wife and asked ourselves “How would we feel if this was our son?” Man, it just really hit home–nowhere near the way it has hit these parents, but it just made me really count my blessings.
This is not a political issue!
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July 10th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
i just wanted to give you thanks for your blog. its stuff like this and your other pieces about our own that really does keep us aware that we need to take care of ourselves and each other a lot more.
Blessings to you and yours, and condolences to the Davis family.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
This is exactly why I moved away from Los Angeles. My prayers go out to your entire family. And your precious son is smiling down on you guys.