High School Senior Shot, killed in obvious string days before the end

Spotsylvania, Va. (WJLA) – A celebration before the end has developed into a dark event after a senior of the Virginia High School was shot.

The fatal shootout was reported on Saturday in a quarter of Fredericksburg during a suspected prank.

“It was very emotional, frankly, because we graduated next week,” said student Khamoni Keys.

The Seniors of the Massaponax High School are home after their classmate, 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr., was shot on Saturday.

“He was a very passionate person about things, only that he had to go as he did,” remarked Keys.

A minor on site was not injured, but another teenager who had made friends with keys with keys was also shot. The victim survived.

“I actually went to the hospital this morning because when I heard that one of my closer friends was shot,” said Keys.

The deputies of the sheriff office of the Sheriff of Spotsylvania arrested the 27-year-old Tyler Chase Butler and accused him of second degree and other crimes because of the murder.

Detective say that the first 911 call for a break -in of an attempt that ended with Butler, who lives in the house and opened the fire, ended.

The two surviving minors told the police that they played a prank called “Ding-Dong-Baus”, in which participants take part, ring the doorbells and then run away.

According to court documents, the two said that they had done this to other houses and, with a plan to post on Tiktok as part of a social media trend.

“It was very rough, as I said, but I think we'll all get through as long as we stay together as we are. And so it is with the senior sunset. We are all together. Nobody is alone,” added keys.

The suspect is currently in prison without bond.

The authorities said that the two surviving victims had read their warnings from Miranda, but at that time they were not charged.

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