Last week Friday, 7News told you about 21 year-old Allen "Debo" Davis, who was gunned down in a wild shooting in Ladyville. It happened on Thursday when Davis and 4 others - including a child - were injured, and it resulted in his death.
In our coverage, we spoke to several people, including one of his neighbors in Ladyville, who gave an impassioned interview, where she called out Davis's family. She claimed to have treated him like one of his own when he moved to Ladyville, and she made certain remarks which infuriated the family. Well today, Davis's family called us to their home to respond to some of the allegations made by this neighbor.
Basically, it's a quarrel between 2 parties which is being conducted via the media, which isn't something that we normally report on. But because those comments ended up in our coverage, we're obliged to air their response.
For context, we'll start first with those made by the neighbor. Here's what she told us on Friday:
Emily Gabourel - Neighbor
"The guy is not anything to me but when they put him out of his house - none of his family was at his side. I had that guy in my house for two years and 6 months; I took him like a mother. I gave him that house over there and then now the family is coming like an idiot, like a jackass to be acting like that. All of a sudden that he is dead - the family comes like they so love him."
And here's what his family said in response, as well as their suspicions about why he was killed.
Voice of: Sister of Deceased
"We invite the media to the Davis family home because what happen on the news Thursday what the young lady said - it's not fair. She totally disrespects our family. Allen has a family, Allen choose to live that life. From he is 16 years old he decided that he has his job, he is a teenager and he started to make his own money - he wanted to go on his own. My father went to bring him home so many times in Ladyville but he ran from my father. My father decided to leave him alone since he is a grown man."
"We appreciate everything that they did for my brother. We don't need no apology from them because we have a lot of family. Allen choose that life, if he had listen to my father he would have never been in the morgue today."
"This lady is talking a lot and we don't like that she disrespects our family like that because she doesn't know anything about our family - Allen has a family. The last time about two weeks ago we understand that my brother put out a young man and his girlfriend out of his house and 3 days after that my brother is dead. There are a lot of stories to this thing."
Police still haven't announced any suspects in this incident.
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