'He was very, very beloved at my job. Everybody's calling me with blessings, prayers [and] showing sympathy for what happened,' Rodney Wells said.
January 27, 2023, 3:59 PMfive police officersThe 29-year-old Nichols had been living in Memphis, Tennessee, with his parents since the pandemic, according to his mother. Although he lived in Memphis at the time of his death, Nichols had previously lived in California."He was very, very beloved at my job. Everybody's calling me with blessings, prayers [and] showing sympathy for what happened," Rodney Wells said.
The Wells' said that Nichols was passionate about skateboarding and photography, hobbies he engaged in during his downtime on weekends.photography pageKenyana Dixon is comforted during a rally for her brother, Tyre Nichols, at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2023. Nichols, pictured in the hospital behind them, was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7.His mother recalled the morning three days before her son's death.
Tyre Nichols, who died in a hospital on Jan. 10, 2023, three days after sustaining injuries during his arrest by Memphis police officers, is pictured in an undated photo. picture obtained from social media."It's just so hard for me to even fathom all of this because it's not real to me right now. … I don't know anything right now," RowVaughn Wells said. "All I know is my son Tyre is not here with me anymore," she added.
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