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'I made it to see 17,' St. Louis teen posted on his birthday. An hour later, he was dead.
Armond Latimore posted on his Facebook page Saturday about how glad he was that he made it to see his 17th birthday; just over an hour later he would be dead from a gunshot wound to his head.
Latimore, of St. Louis, was shot about 1 p.m. Saturday — his birthday — in the 3100 block of North Grand Boulevard, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Homicide detectives are investigating.
His mother, Chandra D. Payne, 38, said she had left her home and went to a nearby store to buy ice cream to go with a cake to celebrate her son’s birthday. She said he didn’t want anything elaborate.
“He told me that he wanted ice cream,” she said. “I went to Save A Lot and three minutes later I received the call.”
She was told he had been shot outside a chop suey restaurant called Bing Lau, where he had gone to pick up food. The scene is a few blocks south of Fairground Park in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
Damn. His mother was out buying him ice cream to go with his cake when she received the call. Reading that part really fucked with me.
I can understand.
Unfortunately, now having seen the photos from his Facebook page, he was probably involved in what he shouldn’t have been. Sad state of affairs.
Armond Latimore
Or living in such a horrific neighborhood. Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened because he did post it and was known to avoid the gangs in his area. They showed him. No matter what, how screwed up.Glad to reach 17? Only a gang member would post stuff like that.
Even if he was in a gang, a horrific neighborhood can have a strong influence on a teenager. Most of us grew up in decent neighborhoods, and were still assholes as teenagers. Imagine growing up dodging gun shots.
Which still doesn't make him a bad kid. He was a kid with a developing mind who did stupid shit while living in a shit neighborhood. It got him killed. Sad state of affairs, indeed.
I can understand.
Unfortunately, now having seen the photos from his Facebook page, he was probably involved in what he shouldn’t have been. Sad state of affairs.
Armond Latimore
Or living in such a horrific neighborhood. Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened because he did post it and was known to avoid the gangs in his area. They showed him. No matter what, how screwed up.Glad to reach 17? Only a gang member would post stuff like that.
Even if he was in a gang, a horrific neighborhood can have a strong influence on a teenager. Most of us grew up in decent neighborhoods, and were still assholes as teenagers. Imagine growing up dodging gun shots.
Which still doesn't make him a bad kid. He was a kid with a developing mind who did stupid shit while living in a shit neighborhood. It got him killed. Sad state of affairs, indeed.
Developing minds cause you to do stupid shit? I think when your mind stopped developing you became a liberal. Strange how millions of other kids manage to avoid doing the stupid shit.
When your 17th birthday party consists of you, your mom, and an ice cream cake ... maybe suicide isn't the worst plan ever.
I won't go into detail about my life on a message board, but I busted ass to get my kid to a safe place to grow up. This meant living in my car for a short time until I found lodgings for us both (his dad was not in the picture, nor cared to be). I washed dishes at honky tonks, cooked at a greasy spoon diner for dinner for us both, and worked my ass off. He was raised right, and in safe environments until he graduated from school and went off on his own. He LIVED.
This woman stayed there, in a dangerous location, saw her kid holding a gun in front of money and KNEW of the gangs everywhere and did nothing.
yes--it will take many changes in many aspectsI won't go into detail about my life on a message board, but I busted ass to get my kid to a safe place to grow up. This meant living in my car for a short time until I found lodgings for us both (his dad was not in the picture, nor cared to be). I washed dishes at honky tonks, cooked at a greasy spoon diner for dinner for us both, and worked my ass off. He was raised right, and in safe environments until he graduated from school and went off on his own. He LIVED.
This woman stayed there, in a dangerous location, saw her kid holding a gun in front of money and KNEW of the gangs everywhere and did nothing.
Well, not everyone might have your clarity of mind or strength in that situation. She could have stuck around because she had other family in the area, who knows. Not everyone is quite the same and in that case, unfortunately so.
Well, lets hope that Trumps policies really will start bringing industry back to the big cities. Maybe more jobs for people can be part of a change in the right direction.
nice thing about living just inside my fiscal limits, is I know my son is going to turn 18 in Oct, unless something medical occurs.'I made it to see 17,' St. Louis teen posted on his birthday. An hour later, he was dead.
Armond Latimore posted on his Facebook page Saturday about how glad he was that he made it to see his 17th birthday; just over an hour later he would be dead from a gunshot wound to his head.
Latimore, of St. Louis, was shot about 1 p.m. Saturday — his birthday — in the 3100 block of North Grand Boulevard, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Homicide detectives are investigating.
His mother, Chandra D. Payne, 38, said she had left her home and went to a nearby store to buy ice cream to go with a cake to celebrate her son’s birthday. She said he didn’t want anything elaborate.
“He told me that he wanted ice cream,” she said. “I went to Save A Lot and three minutes later I received the call.”
She was told he had been shot outside a chop suey restaurant called Bing Lau, where he had gone to pick up food. The scene is a few blocks south of Fairground Park in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
Damn. His mother was out buying him ice cream to go with his cake when she received the call. Reading that part really fucked with me.
head shots are executions, still though
how do you know what she did or what she was working towards based off anything made public yet?If the neighborhood was so damn bad, why the hell would the mother continue to STAY in it? Especially with him posting he is glad to make it to age 17. That right there is a clue.
I don't care what she says about this now. She should have done anything and everything to GET OUT of there. But, she didn't.
If the neighborhood was so damn bad, why the hell would the mother continue to STAY in it? Especially with him posting he is glad to make it to age 17. That right there is a clue.
I don't care what she says about this now. She should have done anything and everything to GET OUT of there. But, she didn't.
While this is clearly a tragedy, the point should be - what can be done about this?
It's clear The War on Poverty hasn't worked.
Are there real alternatives?
When your 17th birthday party consists of you, your mom, and an ice cream cake ... maybe suicide isn't the worst plan ever.
Except it wasnt suicide. He was shot outside a restaurant he went to get lunch at, according to witnesses.
He could just have been in the wrong place at the wrong time
