DALLAS — Dallas police are investigating the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Darius Young. Witnesses told police that Young was shot over a video game.
Healing seems so far away for Stephanie Glasper, Young's sister.
“I just got my peace back in my soul from losing my mother,” said Glasper.
Now Glasper is mourning the death of her younger brother.
DPD said Young was shot and killed in an apartment complex parking lot on the 200 block of Stoneport Drive Saturday, Oct. 21. Witnesses told both the family and police what led to the incident.
“My brother was trying to sell his PS5 for his car note money. He was going to sell it to a friend of a friend,” said Glasper.
Witnesses told her there was an argument.
“He was shot in his head three times, but he was shot more than three times,” Glasper said. “It was senseless. It was stupid. It was overkill.”
That same morning, Glasper spoke with Young about taking steps to turn his life around as he’d been in and out the juvenile justice system and was a victim of gun violence in the past.
“He went and got his things together, got him a job which is how he got the car,” Glasper said. “I said you’ve got to get it together… He was like, ‘I’m immortal. I can’t die.’”
Just hours later, Young was gone.
“His life didn’t even start,” said Glasper.
Having just turned 20 years old this month, Young leaves behind his three sisters, parents and nephew.
Police said the investigation is still ongoing. While it continues, Glasper has one message to the person or persons responsible for her brother’s death.
“I don’t have a heaven or hell to put them in and it’s not for me to judge,” Glasper said. “It’s bigger than them. He’s bigger than them. He’s bigger than the situation. He’s bigger than what took his life.”
Police always advise selling and buying items in safe zones. That can be areas that are well-lit and open to the public such as the lobby of a police station. It is advised that you never go alone and tell someone where you are meeting for the exchange.