A 17-year-old, identified as Ethan Liming (pictured above), was beaten to death in the parking lot at LeBron James' "I Promise" school on Thursday (June 2).
According to Akron Police, Liming was found around 10:45 pm in the school parking lot near 400 West Market Street. The teen had reportedly been knocked unconscious and assaulted during an altercation with three other males. Officers arrived at the scene after friends of Liming called for help. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Following the incident, The LeBron James Family Foundation released a statement, which reads, "Our community is everything to us. We were devastated to learn of the overnight incident that saw a life lost near our school. We are grieving with our community over another senseless act of violence. Our campus is safe and secure as we continue to do everything we can to support our students, families, and the entire Akron community."
The statement continues, "Our Akron Public Schools family expresses its deepest condolences and offers its prayers to the family and friends of a student who lost his life last night. We mourn as one for Ethan Liming, a 17 year old rising senior at Firestone Community Learning Center. Ethan was a student leader at his school and was in the Academy of Design there.
The death of a student affects all of Akron Public Schools. Ethan’s passing is, sadly, one of many we have experienced during this school year. May we all pause a moment from our daily pressures to give thanks for the lives of these children. May we forever find ways to keep our memories of them alive. Each of these losses reminds us about how precious, and sometimes fleeting, life can be."
Source: FOX 19
