Alabama football assistant coach Mike Locksley’s son killed
Tragedy has struck the family of Mike Locksley, as reports stated that his son Meiko was killed over the weekend in Maryland.
WMAR Baltimore reported this morning that “Howard County Police say they found 25-year-old Meiko Anthony Locksley around 10:30 p.m. Sunday just outside of his home in the 5500 block of Harper’s Road suffering from gunshot wounds. Locksley was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where he died overnight.”
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— manny locke (@realmannynation) September 4, 2017
The report includes the fact that a neighbor, after hearing a noise, “went outside to see Locksley lying on the sidewalk, bleeding with his head in the grass. According to police, multiple people called 911 reporting they heard a single gunshot outside of Locksley’s home.”
At present, police are not aware of any suspects or motives for this crime.
Matt Zenitz of AL.com reported Alabama football head coach Nick Saban stating, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mike, (his wife) Ms. Kia and the entire Locksley family over this tragedy […] We’ll do everything we can to support Mike and his family in this time of tragedy.”
Mike Locksley currently holds the roles of wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator with Alabama. Marq Burnett of SECCountry.com reported that an Alabama spokesman “confirmed that Locksley is not with the team, and is currently with his family.”
Many of the Crimson Tide’s own extended family have expressed their condolences to the Locksley family in this time of tragedy:
Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach Locksley and his family.
— Jim McElwain (@CoachMcElwain) September 4, 2017
When one of our friends is suffering, we feel that tug at our heart strings. We want to hold their hand or shoulder firmly so as to express that their pain is ours too. That way, somehow, we can try to share the burden of that sorrow being felt.
Even if it is unrealistic, because we cannot fully comprehend what it must be like for our friend, we do it because of the love that we have for each other. Be it as friends, family, or simply as human beings, we ache that someone else’s heart is aching.
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Right now, Coach Locksley and his family are in that state, and it is important that everyone respects that grief and their privacy over this matter. They should also know that the hearts of the Alabama Crimson Tide family across the nation ache with them.