More than 100 people gathered to release memorial balloons last Friday night outside a Shell station in Eatonton where Frederick Scott Jr. was murdered June 4, in a broad-daylight shooting.
Friend of the family and “distant relative” Lacorrie Brown delivered a message encouraging mutual respect to everyone who attended the memorial for Frederick Scott Jr. He also led the crowd in prayer just before their memorial balloons were released.
A tiny heartshaped shadow is cast below Frederick Scott Sr.’s eye, probably from a fastener on a nearby memorial balloon, as he listens to words of remembrance during a ceremony for his son, Frederick Jr., who was shot and killed at a Shell gas station in downtown Eatonton.
Frederick Scott Sr. bows his head in prayer Friday night while holding a memorial balloon with his son Frederick Jr.’s image printed on it.
With Frederick Scott Jr.’s teenage stepbrother looking on (right), Titus Dunn, a family cousin, told the assembled crowd to concentrate every day on the life they’re actively living.
Story and photos by Ian Tocher
ian@msgrnews.com
Frederick Scott Sr. was the first to reach his 32-year-old son Frederick Lamar Scott Jr.’s side within seconds of his being shot June 4, beside the gas pumps of the Shell service station at the intersection of East Sumter and Oconee Streets in Eatonton.
Scott Sr. said he was waiting in his car in the Dollar General parking lot across the street “somewhe…
