One of the city's enduring musical dynasties faced an unspeakable tragedy as 18-year-old Revell Andrews was shot dead.
Tuba player Revell Andrews, the cousin of"Andrews' family said he was fatally shot in the head at an incident on off St. Claude Avenue in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans.
Trombone Shorty performs at Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre on June 02, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina. His 18-year-old cousin, Revell Andrews was murdered in New Orleans on Monday.Police said the shooting happened at about 2:45 p.m. on Monday and it has yet to apprehend a suspect. The family believed the shooting was not targeted.
"He lost his life for absolutely nothing. He was not that kind of child running the streets, nothing like that. This kind of senseless violence is what he was avoiding," his aunt Toranzette Andrews toldShe added"he was the only tuba player in the Andrews family" band and an A-grade student who had just graduated from McDonogh 35 Senior High School. He was set to attend Southern University in the fall.
Andrews' mother, Deanna Andrews, attended a vigil for her son alongside other members of the musical family. Hundreds of people gathered at Tubafats Square in the Treme to celebrate the life of the teen. "Hurts because my son don't deserve what he got, he wasn't that type of person for nobody to walk up and kill like that," she toldHis grandmother Debra Andrews added:"He was a very sweet child and he did everything for his grandmother. He loved me very much and I loved him. He was a beautiful child, he really was."
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