No Arrests Yet for Baptist Shooting Death

There have been no arrests yet for the shooting death of thirty-nine-year-old Brandon Baptist, who was killed at the Marion Jones complex. The incident happened last Friday evening during a football match after a dispute between two groups. According to police, Baptist was shot after he got up and went to a section of the bleachers where others were seated. He reportedly pulled out a gun, and someone shot him. A struggle ensued, and he was thrown over the bleachers to the ground below, where he died. Today, Baptist’s friend, Karl Augustine, told News Five that he will continue the project they had started together in the Lake Independence area. They had launched an electrical program for ten youths to keep them engaged during the summer break. Augustine mentioned that while he and Baptist lived very different lives, they shared a common goal with the project.

 

Karl Augustine, Friend of Deceased

“My plan and motive is to still continue the program. I don’t want to make this discourage me. You know, I also use this as a motivation to continue because, you know, this is really important to me and Mr. Baptist, you know, because we are both two persons from different lifestyles. We grew up together, but we choose different lifestyles, you know. You choose the lifestyle you live. I choose my lifestyle and the life I live. I choose to be a public officer. My goal was to always get the civil authority, maintain law and order and defend my country from internal and external threats. And one of the things as public officers, you know, we work for the public, to help people, when people do wrong, I think we explain to them. You flag them. When I say flag them, I mean stop them and you explain to them when something wrong, and you educate people.”