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Saturday 18 July 2015

Girlfriend shares tragic last texts with boyfriend killed in Chatanooga

There were 4 Marines killed in the attack on two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee this past Thursday by gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, and their names have been revealed as Skip Wells, Thoma Sullivan, Carson Holmquist and David Wyatt. 

Caroline Dove, girlfriend of slain Lance Cpl Skip Wells, 21, says he sent her a text message on the morning of the brazen attacks, saying there was an 'active shooter'.


Dove, who lives in Savannah, Georgia, was confused at first, thinking it was a joke. But she started to get worried when her mother sent her an online report saying that four Marines had been killed in a shooting in Chattanooga.
Lance Cpl. Squire Wells, who was known as Skip, was swapping text messages with his girlfriend of 2 ½ years, excited that she had booked a flight to visit him in Chattanooga after months apart.

"Can't wait anymore," Wells texted. "Yes you can honey," his girlfriend, Caroline Dove, replied.
His next two words would be the last she'd ever hear from him.
"ACTIVE SHOOTER," he wrote.

She thought he was kidding: "You are so weird," she replied.
Hours of silence. "I love you," she tried. Hours more passed, the news out of Chattanooga becoming clearer. "Hon, I need you to answer me please," she wrote.

It would not be until Friday that she learned his fate.

The two met at Georgia Southern University, but he soon followed in his family footsteps and enlisted. His grandfather had been in the Air Force, and his grandmother and mother served in the Navy, Dove said. Dove, too, plans to enlist in the Marines, a process she began in November. She said she is not dissuaded by what happened.

Through tears, Dove remembered her boyfriend's love of flag football and Nerf guns, his passion for U.S. history, his ability to handle her when she was grouchy and how good he was at listening. He dreamed of being a drill sergeant, and when they last saw each other around Valentine's Day, he gave her a gold-and-silver ring.

When the time came to propose, she said, he knew to ask her parents first.

Wells' mother was watching television coverage of the shooting when Marines appeared at her door. She knew what the visit meant.
"Every service parent, especially moms, dreads opening the front door and seeing people in uniform," said Andy Kingery, a friend who is acting as a family spokesman.

50 comments:

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Shits keep happening everywhere *sigh*

Unknown said...

Seen

Unknown said...

Awwwn take heart dear..may his soul rip

Unknown said...

So unfortunate


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Unknown said...

May God comfort his family for their loss. RIp to him.

Unknown said...

Chai

Unknown said...

Awwww so painful














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Unknown said...

Very heartbreaking news for her.

HonsylGlobal.Com said...

Sad..

Fuck your opinion said...

sad! RIP to him

Unknown said...

Oh! What a pity!

Unknown said...

chai

Unknown said...

Eyaaa! May his soul rest in peace

AC£S said...

Rest in peace man

ary said...

awww

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Awwwww...

Adetunji Saka said...

Sad story

"Slow and steady wins d race"

Unknown said...

Ouch!....touching! Rest in peace....

Unknown said...

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May his soul RIP.....
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Liddy said...

Oh my God this is heartbreaking!

emmysags said...

Damn...so touchy.RIP to him tho

Unknown said...

Had 2 drop a tear in my weeping vase despite having a nasty case of H O.

Unknown said...

Such a sad loss. RIP Skip

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Unknown said...

So sad, RIP bro

Anonymous said...

Chai

Unknown said...

So so sad.I feel for her.

Oskirin said...

As av always said,it cld jus b anybody.RIP 2 d dead.d guy neva knew he ws gonna died dt day..so-so pathectic...

Alero said...

Oh!!! So sad... Rip..

JUST ME said...

OMG!
Life is....

myraclebee said...

I dread is seriously
And HE is telling me he wants to further in strategic studies then join the force
It won't work ooo

SIMPLYCOCK said...

Everyday we blame the government and its security architecture for not doing enough to protect innocent lives from the onslaught of marauding terrorists...

But why don't we for once, in a bold fashion of calling-a-spade-a-spade, blame the religion of Islam for turning men into beasts, for producing stone-hard barbaric terrorists, for emptying the world of peace, at least for a change...

The earlier our world stopped living in denial, stopped being politically correct, and boldly confront the fact that fundamentally Islam is the problem, the better....

Without an honest identification of the problem, solution will continue to elude us until we all are finally consumed!!!!

yourstrulyblogposts.blogspot.com said...

RIP - thoughts and prayers are with the family x

Unknown said...

Stories that touch the heart. Rip

Unknown said...

RIP, and God pls comfort his family.

Anonymous said...

*too
~D great anonymous!

I B M bolubantin said...

Awwwn..
A beautiful love story gone sour

Unknown said...

Aww sorry dear.

Unknown said...

So sad!!!

Unknown said...

Lord have mercy

Anonymous said...

So sad. RIP.

Unknown said...

I am by birth a Hindu and proud being born in a hindu family because this religion is most flexible but neohinduism has also started becoming dangerous and fundamentalist.
We should all introspect rather than blaming some particular religion.

Deb said...
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Anonymous said...

Ur corpse will be seen soon. Idiot

Mihearty said...

So painful and touching. Take heart gurl though it's not easy

Unknown said...

God!

TAMARA SPLASH said...

*tears*

Nky said...

May their souls rest in peace

OMA said...

My brother, you have hit the nail on the head. The whole world keeps dancing around the glaring truth because we do not want to offend a set of people yet uncountable lives are wasted on an hourly basis world over. Let us face it, there is something intrinsically and fundamentally wrong with the religion Islam! I am not saying every Muslim is evil, far from it as I know quite a number of nice Muslims but what is it about this religion that makes a substantial percentage of its followers believe killing innocent people is the way to heaven? Why is it that Muslims account for 99% of the unprovoked and senseless killings in our world today? These are serious questions 'good Muslims should ask themselves, ask their brothers and sisters and ask their spiritual leaders. I belief this madness can only be stopped from within the Islamic world but first they have to admit they have a problem and stop denying these terrorists because whether you like it or not, these barbaric men and women are Muslims! May almighty God help us all

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killing themselves from inside



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