AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One of the latest victims of gun violence in Augusta was 15-year-old Devayn Grissam.

Authorities say he was shot Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. on Helsinki Drive. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

As of Friday, Devayn’s family continues to search for a solution as information regarding potential suspects is limited.

“He took a piece of me. Yes, definitely. He took a piece of me, and I don’t know if I’ll ever recover from it, you know,” said Telisha Grissam, Devayn’s aunt.

We caught up with Devayn’s family to see how they are honoring her life.

Moving forward without Devayn is going to be difficult for his family.

They’re already thinking about how different the holiday season will be without him.

But Devayn’s family wanted to talk to us to share their story and message to the community to put down their guns.

It’s a life cut short too soon.

“We will never get that. They will be able to see their children grow up, but we will never be able to see him grow and progress and what could have happened for him to still be 15,” Telisha said.

Devayn loved his family, and his family loved him.

“If I had known it would be the last time I saw him, I would have hugged him a little tighter. I would have talked to him a little longer. You never know when it’s the last time you’ll lose someone you never knew. And losing a child to gun violence is difficult,” Telisha said.

The day Devayn died, his aunt said, “I remember almost falling to the floor at Walmart in North Augusta when I found out he had been killed. »

His family wants you to hear their heartbreaking appeal.

“The cemeteries are filling up with our children. They don’t have a chance to live, they don’t even have the life experience to see what it’s all about. At 15, you don’t know what life is,” Telisha said.

Devayn’s family doesn’t want another family to feel their unbearable pain.

“Right now what they’ve done is put this family in a very stressful situation because now we have to worry about how we’re going to bury this 15-year-old because it’s so unexpected.” , said Telisha.

Together, his family chooses to remember Devayn for the life he lived.

“He loved playing basketball. He loved doing jumps like gymnastics. He turned around all the time. He was a joker. Every time you see him, he always jokes about having fun,” his aunt said.

In their eyes, he is 15 forever.

“I speak on behalf of his father, his mother, his grandmother. I speak on behalf of my family. This is a pain that we will endure for the rest of our lives,” Telisha said.

So far, no arrests have been made in Devayn’s death.

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