A Birmingham sixth-grader has written a will that his mother says he penned out of fear of falling victim to a school shooting.
“I could not believe it, you know?” Mariama Davies of Birmingham, Alabama, told the news station. “I mean, my child is in the sixth grade. This is something he should not be thinking about.”
Javon then indicated that his best friend, Cameron, should get the items in the event of his death.
Two eighth-graders were suspended.
Amplifying anxieties, an alleged Facebook threat was made last Thursday against Javon’s own school, Jones Valley Middle School, prompting a lockdown and a search for weapons.
It was not long afterward that Javon wrote his will.
“Dear family, I love you all,” Javon reportedly wrote. “You gave me the clothes on my back and you stuck with me all the time. Love, Javon.”
“It’s really hard because he’s so young,” said Mariama Davies. “He just shouldn’t have to go through that period because for what? He’s in 6th grade. You have a lot ahead of you and these things going on you shouldn’t have to worry about, go through, or even think about.”
But despite cause for fear, the boy says he is hopeful and has faith.
“I know it’s going to be ok because God got me in his hands,” said Javon.
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