Just weeks away from heading off to college to play football at the University of Louisville, he was gunned down in the prime of his life.
This was a kid who was friends with everyone. Dex was a nearly straight-A student. He was relatively small at 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds, so he always felt he had to work harder than bigger players. He also always wanted to get noticed.
“I really …. Ahh, man, I don’t know. There are all kinds of emotions. You treat these kids like they’re your own,” Sheppard said Friday, six days after this senseless act of violence.