July 9, 2023 was the worst day of my life. I got some news that every mother doesn’t want to hear. It was a Sunday night and a friend came banging on my door. I was asleep and thought I was dreaming. When I opened the door it was one of my good friends, almost like family, screaming at me and telling me to get in the truck because Josh had been shot. He didn’t have any other information so we went to the Lafayette City Police Station, where my husband and older son were. We were told that my son was killed – shot once in the chest.
My son was killed by gun violence.
He was a very kindhearted person. He would give his shirt off his back if you needed. He always made sure his family had everything we needed, even if it was giving his family his last dollar. He loved the outdoors so much.