Xantavian Pierce
Age 17
Brunswick, Georgia
The gun in the box fired
The Brunswick High School athlete played basketball and football. The numbers on his jerseys were 15 and 28, respectively. Throughout his athletic career, the 17-year-old worked to make his mother proud. She said he succeeded.
“He was amazing,” his mother said. “He was wonderful. He was a loving, God-fearing child. He was just a wonderful person. He was my heartbeat.”
Xantavian “Tae” Pierce was helping someone move when a gun went off inside a box he was carrying, accidentally shooting him in the stomach at the Eagles Pointe Apartments in Brunswick, Georgia, on March 25, 2018.
