It s difficult for his widow, Jocelyn, but it s even harder for Wall s 5-year-old son, Aiden. He s just having a hard time; he grieves differently from the rest of us, she said Monday. They told us to be honest with Aiden: to tell him what happened, obviously be gentle about it and not what happened.
The couple met in August 2019 and married just a few months after that.
“He was the light of my life. It’s hard living in a world where he was taken away from my son in such a way.”
So hard to sit with Jocelyn Wall tonight. Her husband Dylan is the @UPS driver shot & killed in @RaleighGov last week #abc11pic.twitter.com/ZoFfE2MfYa Josh Chapin (@JoshChapinABC11) February 16, 2021
The widow of Dylan Wall, the UPS driver fatally shot in downtown Raleigh said his 5-year-old son is struggling to comprehend the tragedy. "We're just having a hard time."
Feb. 11 KNIGHTDALE For the last two years, Dylan Wall drove a UPS truck, bouncing around Raleigh dropping packages and dodging family dogs.
An affable man with a red beard and a big smile, he loved playing xBox and Nintendo Switch more than most young men cooped up by a pandemic.
But at 23, Wall h
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) Dylan Wall began most workdays at the UPS hub on Atlantic Avenue in Raleigh. His truck was loaded before he heads out on his route through downtown. Wall did all that on Wednesday. But, he never returned. Now, his family and friends in mourning. Why it happened; how it happened; and to him specifically. It doesn t make sense to me, said Wall s friend and fellow UPS driver Holden Howell.
“It doesn’t make sense to me. It’s so surreal.”
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One night after 23-year-old Dylan Wall was gunned down while working his UPS delivery route in Raleigh, his loved ones are trying to make sense of the tragedy that killed the young dad, husband and son. #abc11 AT 11 pic.twitter.com/0xoBO2eWkV Joel Brown (@JoelBrownABC11) February 12, 2021
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Teamsters General President Hoffa’s Statement On Shooting Death Of Dylan Wall
February 11, 2021 GMT
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa issued the following statement on the tragic murder of Teamsters Local 391 member Dylan Wall in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 10, 2021:
“The thoughts and prayers of the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters Union are with Brother Wall’s family, friends, colleagues and fellow Local 391 members. Brother Wall was making his deliveries as a package-car driver at UPS when this horrible killing took place. He was a package-car driver in the Raleigh hub, and was a young, energetic and loyal Teamster who was running for shop steward. He was well respected by his brothers and sisters. He was married with a 5-year-old son