GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.,None — Friends and former classmates of a Norcross teen who was shot and killed during a home invasion dedicated a school day to his memory.
Students at Hopewell Christian Academy in Norcross wore red Friday in honor of 15-year-old Nicholas Jackson. Jackson spent three years at the private school before transferring to Norcross High School to play football. Red was his favorite color.
"When he's looking down from heaven, he can see that everybody wearing red and Polo, that lets him know that we all miss him and his coolness and the jokes he used to tell," student Derek Harper told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh.
Jackson was gunned down Feb 2. when six men broke into his family's home. Police said they had intended to rob someone else. They are set for a court hearing on Friday.
At Norcross High, Jackson was on the varsity football team, though just a freshman. He dreamed of playing football at Alabama State University. The school plans to present his family with a jersey with his name on it at his funeral Saturday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Norcross.
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