Black teen shot at for asking directions graduates high school, chooses to attend HBCU
A Black Detroit teenager who was shot at for asking directions to school three years ago, graduated from high school early, according to Fox 2 Detroit.
Brennan Walker was 14 years old when he approached the home of Jeff Zeigler after missing his school bus, who assumed he was a burglar and fired his shotgun at him.
“It doesn’t mentally impact me as much as it used to, but I think about the events every day,” Walker told Fox 2 Detroit. “After that stuff happened to me, I was in a pretty bad place as far as my schoolwork, mentally and emotionally. I wasn’t really there, fully.”
Zeigler was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison.
Rochester Hills Michigan 6 months ago.
The surveillance footage was just released.
14 y/o Black Teen misses the bus to school & figures he knew the route well enough to walk the 4-mile route. He gets lost, stops to ask for directions, & nearly loses his life.
WHY WE KNEEL! pic.twitter.com/k3cnL3kO6u
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) October 11, 2018
Walker is attending the HBCU Florida Memorial University in Miami, according to Fox 2.