星／主役にする 8th-grade football player who had recently featured in Sports Illustrated is killed by a 逸脱する 弾丸 as he tried to leave a house party

  • Jaylon McKenzie, a 14-year-old who was a standout football 星／主役にする in Belleville, Illinois, was killed late Saturday night at a house party?
  • McKenzie died from his 傷害s after 存在 攻撃する，衝突する by a 逸脱する 弾丸 during a fight
  • The other 犠牲者, a 15-year-old girl, remains in 批判的な 条件
  • McKenzie was recently featured in Sports Illustrated as one of their 最高の，を越す six teen 競技者s in the country?

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Jaylon McKenzie, a 14-year-old who was a standout football star in Belleville, Illinois, was killed late Saturday night at a house party

Jaylon McKenzie, a 14-year-old who was a standout football 星／主役にする in Belleville, Illinois, was killed late Saturday night at a house party

An eighth-grade football player from 郊外の St. Louis who already had scholarship 申し込む／申し出s from 分割 I colleges was 発射 and killed at a party Saturday night, police said.

Jaylon McKenzie, 14, who …に出席するd Mason-Clark Middle School in East St. Louis, Illinois, …に出席するd an eighth-grade dance earlier in the evening, his mother, Sukeena Gunner, told the St. Louis 地位，任命する-派遣（する）.?

She 選ぶd him up, and then he and friends went to an after-prom party for another school in nearby Venice, Illinois.

She said that just before midnight, she called her son's phone, and a friend who answered told her McKenzie had been 発射.

'It's so hard to fathom that someone took my baby from me because he dreamed so big,' Gunner said.

She said 証言，証人／目撃するs told her that a fight broke out at the party and that McKenzie was 攻撃する，衝突する by a 逸脱する 弾丸.

At 11:40 p.m., Illinois 明言する／公表する Police said officers 答える／応じるd to a 報告（する）／憶測 of a 騒動 and 狙撃 at the party in Venice.

McKenzie died from his injuries after being hit by a stray bullet during a fight

McKenzie died from his 傷害s after 存在 攻撃する，衝突する by a 逸脱する 弾丸 during a fight

Jaylon was at a house party. A fight broke out and the home owner stopped the party and called police. Jaylon and others were struck by stray gunfire as they left

Jaylon was at a house party. A fight broke out and the home owner stopped the party and called police. Jaylon and others were struck by 逸脱する 砲火 as they left

Officers arrived to find two 十代の少年少女s had been 発射. They すぐに started trying to save their lives before 存在 急ぐd to 地元の hospitals.

Jaylon died from his 傷害s すぐに after arriving at the hospital. Another 犠牲者, a 15-year-old girl, remains in 批判的な 条件. Police did not identify the girl.??

'We do know that our 青年, families and school staff have dealt with a number of 悲劇s and 出来事/事件s of 暴力／激しさ this year. We request space and time for them to 適切な grieve and come to 条件 with this 最新の 衝撃 of 暴力／激しさ,' the East St. Louis School 地区 wrote in a news 解放（する） sent Sunday morning.

危機 teams will be 利用できる for students at the schools over the next several days.

McKenzie already had received scholarship 申し込む／申し出s. He received one from Missouri in December and, more recently, from Illinois.

Football 星／主役にするs and 政治家，政治屋s paid 尊敬の印 to the rising 星／主役にする in the wake of his 悲劇の death.?

Former NFL wide receiver Earl Bennett tweeted: 'My heart and 祈りs goes out to Jaylon McKenzie family and friends. Matthew 5:4. That scripture reads: 'Blessed are those who 嘆く／悼む, for they shall be 慰安d.'?

Tennessee 巨人s 星／主役にする?Adoree' Jackson wrote: 'You Was N ext Up and taken too soon! We have to do better.. 残り／休憩（する） 平易な.'

And?Illinois Rep. LaToya Greenwood 地位，任命するd on Facebook: 'There is a sacredness in 涙／ほころびs. They are not the 示す of 証拠不十分, but of 力／強力にする. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of 圧倒的な grief, of 深い contrition, and of unspeakable love. #JaylonMcKenzie.'?

McKenzie was an 8th grader at Mason Clark Middle School
Although he wasn’t in high school yet, he had received attention from colleges for his skills on the football field

McKenzie was an 8th grader at Mason Clark Middle School. Although he wasn't in high school yet, he had received attention from colleges for his 技術s on the football field

Jaylon excelled at running back, receiver and defensive back positions
He captured national attention when he caught five passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns at the NFL’s 8th Grade All American Game in Canton, Ohio,

Jaylon excelled at running 支援する, receiver and 防御の 支援する positions 逮捕（する）ing 国家の attention when he caught five passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns at the NFL's 8th Grade All American Game in Canton, Ohio

He 株d the Illinois 申し込む／申し出 on Twitter on Monday, 令状ing: 'Blessed to receive my second D1 申し込む／申し出 from Illinois.'

'He 手配中の，お尋ね者 to …に出席する a 分割 I university, no 明確な／細部 one, but he was excited about the 申し込む／申し出s coming in,' Gunner told the newspaper.

'A few coaches were in last week. LSU was watching him, Western Michigan were in town and got a chance to see him practice.'

McKenzie was recently featured in Sports Illustrated as one of their top six teen athletes in the country

McKenzie was recently featured in Sports Illustrated as one of their 最高の，を越す six teen 競技者s in the country

'Jaylon did everything 権利. If he did anything wrong, I didn't know about it,' Gunner said. 'He got up every morning, went to school, did his work. He never 棒 with anyone else; I'd take him to school, or いつかs my husband, and we'd 選ぶ him up. Then the next day, we'd do it all over again.'?

In November, Sports Illustrated featured him in an article 肩書を与えるd: 'Six Teens Who Will 支配する the 未来 in Sports.'

Sports Illustrated said McKenzie got on the 国家の レーダ last August when he played at the NFL's 8th Grade All-American Game in Canton, Ohio.

He caught five passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns. He played running 支援する, receiver and 防御の 支援する.

In the article, Jaylon told SI he had dreams of playing in the NFL and hoped to follow in the footsteps of Adoree' Jackson, who played for the 巨人s, was a 星／主役にする at USC and also a native of Belleville.?

He told that magazine that in 2030, he 手配中の，お尋ね者 to play in Los Angeles and 星／主役にする for either the 押し通すs or Chargers.?

Police are still 調査／捜査するing this 出来事/事件. Anyone who 証言，証人／目撃するd the 狙撃 or has any knowledge of the 狙撃 is asked to 接触する the Illinois 明言する／公表する Police 調査s 事例／患者 スパイ／執行官 Scott Wobbe at 618-381-1467. 報知係s can remain 匿名の／不明の.?

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