Victim of birthday party shooting was headed to JSU to play football

GLADYS HE SURE DID. AND THAT’S WHAT MAKES US ALL THE MORE TRAGIC WHEN YOU LOOK AT PHIL STEVIE SELL THE TWITTER. YOU SEE THIS PHOTO AT THE AT THE TOP A MULTISPORT ATHLETE PHIL AS HE’S KNOWN TO MANY, WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHERING HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT JSU AFTER MAKING HIS COMMITMENT PUBLIC. NOW AFTER LOSING HIS LIFE IN A TRAGIC SHOOTING, THOSE WHO LOVE FELL WILL HOLD ON TO THE MEMORIES THEY HAD OF HIM. BOTH IN AND OUT OF COMPETITION. MANY REMEMBERING THE YOUNG ATHLETE AS A BELOVED PERSON ALL AROUND, INCLUDING ONE OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES, MICHAEL TAYLOR, WHO SHARED WHAT HIS MESSAGE WILL BE TO THE DADEVILLE TRACK TEAM THAT PHIL CALLED HIS OWN. YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE KIND OF TOUGH. FIRST TIME WANT TELL? WE’VE GOT TO PRAY ABOUT IT. WE’VE GOT TO COME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY LIKE WE ARE IN OUR TIME. YOU KNOW, HE HAS OUR WALLS. AND I GUESS THAT’S IT. JUST TO STICK TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. ALSO, HEAD COACH OF THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT JACK STATE, RICH RODRIGUEZ HAD THIS TO SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. QUOTE, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILY OF THE SAVIOR’S DALEVILLE AND THE OTHER VICTIMS OF THIS SENSELESS TRAGEDY LAST NIGHT. HE GOES ON TO SHARE. HE WAS A GREAT YOUNG MAN WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE. MY STAFF AND I ARE HEARTBROKEN AND HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL SUPPORT HIS FAMILY THROUGH THIS DI