BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – “He was sleeping. And then here comes this bullet. And shoots him in his head while he’s sleeping,” stated Cathy Toliver, grandmother of Devin Page, Jr.

The household remains to be in disbelief.

Their candy, child boy, lovingly nicknamed “Juju,” was killed by a stray bullet throughout a drive-by taking pictures.

“He was so smart. He was so intelligent, he was handsome. He was, he was so beautiful with a beautiful soul,” stated his mom, Tye Toliver.

The household acquired an outpouring of help, together with kindness from basketball nice, Shaquille O’Neal.

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But the actual therapeutic will take time, lengthy after the funeral.

“Every one of y’all that saying that y’all going to be here for me, I hope all of y’all stand on that because I’m going to need all the help and more support once his funeral is over. And I’m going to fight for my son, I’m going to fight for him,” the mom stated.

Tye and Cathy Toliver stated they received’t cease preventing for justice for Juju.

“If you did this to my grandbaby, you are looking at her right now, and you are looking at us, look at us in the face, and you were the one that did this. How can you live with yourself, not only because of my grandson but other people? Do you see who has been killed? Who has been murdered? And you think you have gotten away with it, but you are not getting away with it,” stated Cathy Toliver.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul referred to as out not solely these concerned within the taking pictures however these with info that would result in their arrest.

“To those individuals who are around him or her or them, the family members, the friends, your associates, the girlfriend, somebody in the inner circle of those individuals who drove down the street and shot a baby who was sleeping in his bed? Yes, somebody out there knows. What’s right about you saying nothing?” stated Paul.

Devin’s mom is asking folks to take motion since you by no means know when it should come to your home.

“I never thought I would ever have to go through something like this. You know I always thought my kids would be the ones to bury me not me burying my kids, you know, and I’m so angry, I’m angry,” she stated.

His grandmother requested folks to unfold love, not violence.

“The approach that I’m going to take is one of let’s follow love,” Toliver stated.

If you already know something that may assist investigators discover these liable for this, name Crime Stoppers at 344-STOP(7867). You can stay nameless.

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