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Help me and your father to make the changes necessary to make our world a little bit safer. i don't want anyone else to die. >> reporter: in the shorthand of news davis is simply the black teen shot and killed by a white man allegedly over loud music. that's how he died. not who he was. >> he was athletic. he liked sports. he played a little baseball. >> humorous. fun loving. jokester. full of a lot of understanding and wisdom. >> reporter: due to medical issues his parents feared they would never have children. then came jordan, named for the river of biblical fame. >> jordan was raised on a ...

>> humorous. fun loving. jokester. full of a lot of understanding and wisdom. >> reporter: due to medical issues his parents feared they would never have children. jordan named for the river of fame. >> jordan was raised on a strong spiritual foundation and we had him in private christian school for a few years until fourth grade. then pulled him out and i home schooled him from fourth grade to eighth grade. >> reporter: he wasn't perfect. jordan's fwrads and attitude seemed to take a turn for the worse as an early teen some between live with dad in jacksonville. some tough love turned him aro...

Repeated several times. did he have anything to be afraid of? >> no. >> reporter: any enemies? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: alfred wright grew up in jasper and played college football. a musical family, his dad is is a pastor and middle school gym teacher. his mom raised five children, including the youngest, savyon who tried out for "american idol" ♪ it's been a long, long time coming ♪ his family says alfred always seemed happy. >> alfred was a man of great faith. ♪ change gonna come, oh, yeah >> he loved his family, very ambitious, very driven, very hard working. his work ethic...

And he put a cell phone in his sock and took off running like the truck was going to blow up. >> reporter: the clerk did not want to be interviewed but said he left of his own free will. >> did he have anything to be afraid of or any enemies? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: alfred wright grew up in jasper. his dad is a pastor and middle school gym teacher. his mom raised five children including the youngest, who tried out for "american idol." ♪ it's been a long time coming >> reporter: alfred always seemed happy. >> he was a man of great faith. >> change going to come. >> he loved his fa...

She repeated several times. did he have anything to be afraid of? >> no. >> did he have any enemies? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: alfred wright grew up in jasper and played college football. a musical family, his dad is a pastor and middle school gym teacher. his mom raised five children, including the youngest, savion, who tried out for "american idol." ♪ it's been a long, long, long time coming ♪ >> reporter: his family says alfred always seemed happy. >> alfred was a man of great faith. ♪ change gonna come >> he loved his family, very ambitious, very driven, very hard working. ...