The 12-year-old cousin of a Tennessee high school football star shot dead in December was killed Saturday, NBC News reported.
Jajuan Hubert Latham was shot in the head in Knoxville just hours after an event that honored his slain cousin, Zaevion Dobson, NBC station WBIR reported.
Police believe the young boy was killed Saturday night while sitting in the back seat of his father’s SUV, which was at Knoxville park. Gunfire erupted between two vehicles that drove by the park. Jajuan’s father rushed him to the hospital, where he later died.
The incident took place hours after an event that honored his slain cousin.
President Obama used Dobson’s death to call for tighter gun control. Dobson, 15, died while shielding three friends from gunfire.
