TEEN'S SLAYING STILL HAUNTS FAMILY BELOVED HIGH SCHOOLER DREAMED OF BEING PROFESSIONAL SKATER.Byline: ERIC LEACH Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. -- Krystopher Jackson wanted to be the black Tony Hawk
Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean was his true love, and through it he touched all kinds of kids from all kinds of backgrounds. Then, in an instant, he was gone, stabbed to death at a Simi Valley graduation party last month. Now, his family continues to mourn mourn v. mourned, mourn·ing, mourns v.intr. 1. To feel or express grief or sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve. 2. . ``An altercation broke out. Everyone went the wrong way, and my son was stabbed in the chest,'' said his mother, Olivia Reed. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it was in the mix of the crowd or what took place.'' ``We heard it from a friend who was crying horribly,'' recalled the victim's father, Walter Jackson Walter Jackson (born June 3, 1908 in Instock, England) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 84 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and New York Americans. . ``We asked what happened, and he said (Krys) got stabbed.'' The 17-year-old Lancaster teen was stabbed at the June 18 party along with an 18-year-old Inglewood man and a 16-year-old from Rowland Heights, both of whom have recovered. Simi Valley police investigating the case have been very helpful, Reed said, but neither she nor her husband could speculate on exactly what happened. ``I have to leave it in the hands of the good Lord,'' Reed said. ``I can't go out and retaliate on any individuals I think might have had something to do with my son's death. I'm a strong believer in karma. I know God has a plan.'' Jackson was stabbed around 1:30 a.m. at a party with about 40 guests on North Ardenwood Avenue in a quiet neighborhood near a park at the eastern end of Simi Valley. Police said his friends were going to take him to the hospital, but when he lost consciousness they called 911. When they arrived, police said they found two stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. victims, and Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene. Lorraine Malinosky of Reseda was stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. when she learned what happened to Jackson, who was a friend of hers and her son from skateboarding. She recalled seeing Jackson at a Northridge skateboard park, noticing how much pleasure it gave him to learn new tricks and how willing he was to help others. ``He was a very well-liked person,'' she said. ``He always had a smile, a warm hello, a warm goodbye.'' More than 200 people attended his June 24 memorial service in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. . ``Eighty-five percent of the attendees were youths. It was very, very touching to see the young kids come out and celebrate the going of my son,'' Reed said. ``He was well-loved. His friends were from school and many were skateboard buddies -- white, Hispanic, Japanese, you name it.'' Jackson was born in the Panorama City area and moved with his family first to Canoga Park in the late 1990s and then to Lancaster about two years ago. He was about to graduate from Desert Winds High School, where he showed interest in various types of self-expression, including drawing and writing short stories and music. He had been an avid skateboarder since age 13 and dreamed of becoming a professional. ``He would have gone pro. He said he was going to be the next black Tony Hawk,'' his mother said. ``Skateboarding was his life. That was his world. I used to sit here and watch him practice, no matter how hot, how cold. He was very, very good at it. It was a gift.'' His four brothers are grief-stricken. One sits in Krystopher's room listening to the music he loved. Another just sits holding Krystopher's Spider-Man blanket and another still talks to Krystopher as he stares at a photo of his brother skateboarding on a computer screen saver A utility that was originally created to prevent a CRT from being etched by an unchanging image. After a specified duration of time without keyboard or mouse input, it blanks the screen or displays moving objects. Pressing a key or moving the mouse restores the screen. . ``It's rough,'' his mother said. ``It's really, really rough.'' eric.leach@dailynews.com (805) 583-7602 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Krystopher Jackson, seen in a snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. on the top of some of his old skateboard decks, was stabbed and killed June 18 at a party in Simi Valley. (2) Olivia Reed and Walter Jackson hold old skateboard decks and a photograph of their son Krystopher Jackson. The Lancaster teen, who was a skateboarding enthusiast, was stabbed and killed last month at a graduation party near a park on the eastern end of Simi Valley. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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