WE ARE GOING TO WALK THAT STATE FROM. HE WAS COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS OF SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE WAS LIKE, I ONLY GOT TWO MORE WEEKS LEFT. I ONLY GOT A WEEK LEFT. I ONLY GOT A FEW DAYS LEFT. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM. HE WAS SO TALENTED. 18 YEAR OLD BILLY SCOTT WAS THE YOUNGEST OF NINE CHILDREN. ALL OF MY BROTHER’S DEATH HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE AND HE HAS SO MUCH PRESSURE. SO HE KNEW HE COULD HE COULDN’T LIVE A FAST LIFE. HE COULDN’T DO THE THINGS OTHER KIDS WAS DOING HIS AGE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. HE COULDN’T DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD TO MAKE MY FATHER PROUD. SCOTT, A SENIOR AT GRAND UNION HIGH SCHOOL, WAS JUST A DAY AWAY FROM GRADUATION WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND LATER DIED OF A GUNSHOT WOUND IN HIS LEG. HE WAS SUCH A GOOD KID. HE WORKED HE HAD DREAMS OF GOING TO TRADE SCHOOL TO GET HIS AGE BACK. LICENSE. HE WAS A PART OF THE PACERS CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM AND A MEMBER OF THE BASKET BALL TEAM. ANYTHING HE PICKED UP, HE WAS GOOD AT IT, WHETHER IT WAS FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, HE PLAYED BASKET. HE LOVED BASKETBALL. THEN SENIOR YEAR WAS HIS FIRST YEAR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND HE GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT. HE TOLD ME HE WAS LIKE, MAN, I WISH I WOULD HAVE PLAYED STARTED EARLIER. I WAS LIKE, I TOLD YOU. ACCORDING TO THE SACRAMENTO SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, SCOTT AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN A CAR IN NORTH HIGHLANDS WHEN ANOTHER CAR SHOT AT THEM. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, SCOTT, WAS IN MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER OF GRAND AND MARYSVILLE, WHERE THEY FLAGGED DOWN POLICE. THE FAMILY STILL HAS PLANS TO ATTEND THE GRADUATION TONIGHT IN HONOR OF BILLY SCOTT, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS DUDA. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE TODAY WE’RE GOING TO WALK THAT STAGE FOR YOU. BUT LET’S GET THAT UP. OH, MY GOD. YOU. AND THEY’RE ASKING ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. PEOPLE WHO DID TAKE OUR GIFT FROM US. I JUST WOULD LIKE THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE FORGIVEN. THAT THEY ARE FORGIVEN EVEN IF WE MAY NOT FULLY BELIEVE IT IN OUR HEARTS. YET THEY ARE FORGIVEN. WE FORGIVE THEM AND WE LOVE THEM. WE ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE. COME TO ONE OF US OR GO TO THE POLICE. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DO IT, CALL IT SNITCHING OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. GO ANONYMOUSLY. LET SOMEBODY KNO
Family of 18-year-old killed in North Highlands shooting attends teen’s graduation
Updated: 11:22 PM PDT Jun 1, 2023
What was supposed to be a long-awaited day of celebration for the Scott family was instead a day of mourning on Thursday.Billy Scott, 18, and two other people were in a car in the North Highlands area late Wednesday night when a person in another car shot at them, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. The driver of the car, Billy — who was shot in the leg — drove to the corner of Grand Avenue and Marysville Boulevard, where they flagged down an officer with the Twin Rivers Unified School District.Billy was transported to the hospital where he later died of his injuries, the sheriff’s office said. The teen was set to graduate from Grant High School this Thursday. “He was such a good kid. He worked. He had dreams of going to trade school to get his HVAC license,” said BillieDee Scott, Scott’s older sister.Scott was a part of the Pacers championship football team and a member of the basketball team.”Anything he picked up, he was good at it. Whether it was football, basketball,” BillieDee said. Related | 2 dead after 4 separate shootings within 24 hours in Sacramento County, sheriff’s office saysThe family still attended his graduation Thursday in honor of Billy Scott. Several relatives, wearing T-shirts with Scott’s picture on them, were invited up to the main stage to accept his diploma.They are hoping anyone with information about the shooting that took their loved one’s life will come forward.”The people who did take our gift from us, I just want them to know that they are forgiven. We may not fully believe it in your hearts yet, but we forgive them and we love them,” BillieDee said.”You know who we are. Come to us or go to the police. If ya’ll don’t want to call it snitching or whatever, go anonymously. Let somebody know something,” Ruby Scott, Billy’s older sister, said.
What was supposed to be a long-awaited day of celebration for the Scott family was instead a day of mourning on Thursday.
Billy Scott, 18, and two other people were in a car in the North Highlands area late Wednesday night when a person in another car shot at them, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. The driver of the car, Billy — who was shot in the leg — drove to the corner of Grand Avenue and Marysville Boulevard, where they flagged down an officer with the Twin Rivers Unified School District.
Billy was transported to the hospital where he later died of his injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
The teen was set to graduate from Grant High School this Thursday.
“He was such a good kid. He worked. He had dreams of going to trade school to get his HVAC license,” said BillieDee Scott, Scott’s older sister.
Scott was a part of the Pacers championship football team and a member of the basketball team.
“Anything he picked up, he was good at it. Whether it was football, basketball,” BillieDee said.
The family still attended his graduation Thursday in honor of Billy Scott. Several relatives, wearing T-shirts with Scott’s picture on them, were invited up to the main stage to accept his diploma.
They are hoping anyone with information about the shooting that took their loved one’s life will come forward.
“The people who did take our gift from us, I just want them to know that they are forgiven. We may not fully believe it in your hearts yet, but we forgive them and we love them,” BillieDee said.
“You know who we are. Come to us or go to the police. If ya’ll don’t want to call it snitching or whatever, go anonymously. Let somebody know something,” Ruby Scott, Billy’s older sister, said.
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