THIS MORNING AN 18 YEAR OLDS FAMILY ONCE CHARGES FILED AFTER A DAVIDSON COUNTY.
DEPUTY KILLED HIM THE DEPUTY SHOT FREDERICK.
COXON NOVEMBER AT A CHURCH IN HIGH POINT.
COX WAS A FUNERAL THE PLANE QUOTE DEPUTY WAS THERE AS PART OF A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION ARE DAVONTE MCKENITH.
SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY WHO WANTS TO SEE THE DEPUTY IN CUFFS.
THE FAMILY OF 18 YEAR OLD FREDERICK COX IS STAYING STRONG, BUT THEY ARE WANTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DEADLY DAY.
THEY’RE DEMANDING ANSWERS WHILE STILL HONORING WHO HE REALLY WAS A HOME VIDEO THAT CAPTURES FREDERICK COX AT HIS BEST.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE WAS A GREAT DAD TO HIS SON’S AIDAN DESCRIBING HIM AS AN ANGEL WHO WAS GIVING LOVING AND CARING HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE ANGEL.
ONE THING ABOUT IT.
HE ALWAYS STOOD UP STANDING UP THAT IS UNTIL GUNFIRE TOOK HIM DOWN I POINT POLICE SAY A SUSPECTED RIVAL GANG SHOT TOWARD THE CROWD DURING THE FUNERAL SERVICE IN THE FALL AFTER
HEARING THE GUNFIRE THE DEPUTY FIRED HIS GUN HITTING AND KILLING FREDERICK THE STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS A HANDGUN WAS FOUND NEAR HIM AFTER HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED THE
DEPUTY WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY FOR ITS FAMILY SAYS, THAT’S JUST NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE IT WASN’T JUST ONE BULLET THAT HIT HIM AN AUTOPSY REPORT HAS NOT YET BEEN
RELEASED.
THE TRUTH IS IT WAS MULTIPLE SHOTS AND THEY WERE ALL FROM THE BACK AND NO ONE HAS TAKEN ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SITUATION.
IT’S THAT VERY REASON WHY THE FAMILY WANTS THE DEPUTY TO BE CHARGED.
THEY’RE CALLING ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO AGREE THAT FRED’S DEATH IS A CLEAR CASE OF PURE NEGLIGENCE MAY BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF IT WAS JUST ONE.
PULL IT, BUT WHEN YOU SPEAK OF MULTIPLE SHOTS, I THINK THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY NEGLIGENCE AND AND SHOTS FROM THE BACK FRED’S MOTHER SAYS SHE MUST PROTECT HER SON’S NAME AND
LEGACY BECAUSE PROTECTING WAS A QUALITY THAT FRED KEPT I WOULD THANK HIM.
FOR DOING WHAT?
I KNOW.
HE’S DONE AND THAT’S PROTECT.
AND EVERY DAY I TELL HIM JOB.
WELL DONE A JOB.
WELL DONE IS WHAT TWELVE-YEAR-OLD TAVARES WOULD SAY TO HE CALLS FRED HIS HERO AFTER HE HELPED TAVARES ESCAPE THE PATH OF BULLETS THAT HAD NO DIRECTION TAVARES VISIT IT
FRED’S GRAVESIDE AND SAID ANOTHER GOODBYE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
HE EVEN MET FRED’S MOTHER WHO HE NOW CALLS HIS GODMOTHER F GODMOTHER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TAVARES.
IN HIS NEW MOM WITH THIS PLAQUE THAT READ SPREAD MY HERO.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GIFTS.
IT’S THE SAME THREE WORDS THAT HE USED IN A LETTER.
HE WROTE TO FRED’S MOM NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT DEADLY SHOOTING IT READS QUOTE.
I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BECAUSE YOUR SON FRED SAVED MY LIFE IF HE HAD NOT OPENED THE DOOR AND HAD US GO IN FIRST.
I MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SIGHS GOT HEART AND SACRIFICE.
HE LEFT US DOING WHAT CHRIST DID FOR US, WHICH WAS LAID DOWN HIS LIFE.
YOU KNOW HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE.
SO THAT THAT YOUNG MAN COULD BE HERE TO TELL HIS STORY AND JUST BE A LIVING TESTIMONY A LIVING TESTIMONY THAT CAN’T DIE AND WON’T DIE AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE’S NEVER FORGOTTEN FOR
THE SAKE OF A YOUNGER GENERATION.
AND THAT’S THE FAMILY CONTINUED THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
THEY WANT YOU AT HOME TO HELP YOU CAN FIND THAT LINK TO THAT PETITION ONLINE AT WXII12.COM.
I’M DAVONTE MCKENITH WXII 12 NEWS.
WE DID REACH OUT TO THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR COMMENT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET AT THIS HOUR THE DISTRIT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS A DECISION ON CHARGES W