Messiah Pitt was supposed to play a basketball game June 19, 2021, instead his life was tragically lost in a shooting. Now his high school is honoring him through the game he loved the most.
MONDAY MORNING. >>> AT WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, THE GOALS ARE HANGING OFF THE WALLS. >> WE WERE HUNGRY TO GET IT. >> Reporter: THE INSPIRATION IS PAINTED ON THE COURT. >> THAT GIVES US A BIGGER REASON TO WHY WE NEED TO GO AS HARD AS WE CAN. HE WAS A DOG, ALWAYS PLAYED HARD AND GAVE IT HIS ALL. >>> HE'S BECOME THEIR SIXTH MAN. >>> BREAKING NEWS IN GARNER AS A TEENAGER WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING OVERNIGHT. >> Reporter: JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT JUNE 19th, 2021, A GRADUATION PARTY AT A COMMUNITY POOL HAD A GUNFIGHT BREAK OUT NOT PARKING LOT AND HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. >> I STARTED BREAKING DOWN. >> Reporter: WAKEFIELD PLAYED A SUMMER LEAGUE TOURNAMENT THAT DAY IN HIS HONOR. >> A COUPLE GUYS HAVE GOTTEN TATTOOS WITH NAMES OR DATES. WE ALSO PUT HIS JERSEY ON THE BENCH EVERY DAY. >> WE JUST HAD THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT WITH HIS LONG SHIRT UP THERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THE TEAMS, NOT JUST WAKEFIELD, BUT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE HONORED HIM. IT MEANS A LOT. >> I THINK OUR TEAM IS A FAMILY AND WE ARE TOGETHER EVERY DAY. HE WAS WITH US EVERY DAY AND ALWAYS FEELS LIKE HE'S WITH US. >> TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE MURDER AND THERE WAS A SECOND VEHICLE THAT LEFT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME SO IF YOU
