For Melissa, the details could not be worse. I can t possibly imagine someone chasing my son down and murdering him. Shooting him in his back. For what reason? she asked.
Xavier was her oldest son. Melissa knew something was wrong when he did not come home. Family members called hospitals and the morgue in an effort to find him. The 31-year-old grew up in Houston s Third Ward.
He was a talented basketball player but also determined. He graduated from Jack Yates High School, played college basketball for TCU and the University of South Alabama, where he got his degree. He played professionally overseas while also pursuing music.