MarShawn M. McCarrel II was just 23 years old when he was pronounced dead on the Ohio Statehouse steps four days ago – February 8,2016.
No one witnessed McCarrel shoot himself, according to Lt. Craig Cvetan of the State Highway Patrol.
No one witnessed a man allegedly shoot himself on a public street at 6pm.
No one.
McCarrel was pronounced dead at the scene, according to reports.
“I saw him as a shining star in the future of civil rights,” said Steve Shapiro – McCarrel’s former high school teacher.
“In 27 years, I’ve never had a student who I was more proud of than MarShawn,” Shapiro added.
“He was able to capture, in rhyme, really profound truths. He had a brilliance, he had an insight that was just so beyond his years.
Two days after McCarrel’s death, an Ohio police officer was placed on paid-holiday – otherwise known as “paid administrative leave” – for celebrating this young man’s unwitnessed death.
“Love a happy ending,” wrote Officer Lee Cyr of Fairborn, Ohio on the Ohio Politics Facebook page, WHIO reports.
Other comments included:
“One less to worry about” and “One down, many more to go.”