ALLEY WHERE THE FIRST MASS SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. JENN, THEY TELL US THEY ARE STILL ERIKA. AARON YOUNG IS THE YOUNGEST VICTIM WE KNOW OF. HE TURNED 14 IN AUGUST THIS MORNING, HIS FAMILY TELLS ME WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW DOES NOT FEEL REAL. I KNEW IT WOULD HIT ME WHEN I GOT HERE AND HE WASN’T THERE TO GREET ME WITH A HUGE SMILE AND A HUG. WHEN WE GOT IN BECAUSE MY MOM JUST KEEPS SAYING THAT HE GIVES THE BEST HUGS. AARON YOUNG, A SON, BROTHER AND BELOVED CLASSMATE, HE WAS BOWLING WITH HIS FATHER AT JUST IN TIME IN LEWISTON, MAINE, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BOTH HE AND HIS DAD, BILL, WERE KILLED. HE WAS AN HONOR STUDENT THERE. HE WAS REALLY PROUD OF HIS GRADES AND HIS FRIENDS REALLY MISS HIM. AARON SCHOOL WINTHROP HIGH IS CLOSED TODAY. AS MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINS IN LOCKDOWN. BILL YOUNG WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC. THE ROCK OF THE FAMILY PICTURED HERE AT STEPDAUGHTER KAYLA PUTNAM’S WEDDING IN 2017. HE’S A GOING TO BE VERY MISSED. IT’S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR THE FAMILY RIGHT NOW TO DEAL WITHOUT HIM BECAUSE HE’S KIND OF THE ONE CENTER OF THE FAMILY, THE YOUNGS KNEW BOB VIOLET, WHO DIED PROTECTING CHILDREN AT THE BOWLING ALLEY TRICIA ASHLAND WORKED AT JUST IN TIME, BUT WAS THERE FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS THE MOST FUN PERSON. SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY, GO LUCKY AND I JUST FEEL DEVASTATE FOR THE LOSS OF HER FAMILY. ON UNIMAGINABLE LOSS AS THE SEARCH FOR THE GUNMAN CONTINUES. I HOPE THEY CATCH THIS GUY REALLY SOON. THE YOUNGS HAVE SET UP A GOFUNDME PAGE. LIKE SO MANY FAMILIES WE’VE SPOKEN TO. THEY SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY YESTERDAY TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO AARON AND BILL INITIALLY, THEY WERE TOLD NO CHILDREN DIED IN THE SHOOTING HERE AT THE BOWLING ALLEY. AND THEN LATER IN THE DAY, THEY WERE GIVEN THE NEWS ABOUT AARON. WE’RE LIVE
14-year-old boy, father among victims of fatal Maine shootings
Updated: 12:14 PM CDT Oct 27, 2023
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A Maine high school student and his father were among the victims of the double shootings in Lewiston that claimed the lives of 18 people.Aaron Young, 14, was with his father, Bill, at Just-In-Time in Lewiston Recreation on Wednesday night.“I knew it would hit me when I got here, and he wasn’t here to greet me with a huge smile and a hug when we got in," Aaron's sister, Kayla Putnam, said. "My mom just keeps saying, 'He gives the best hugs.'"Aaron was a son, brother and beloved classmate. Both he and his father were killed in the deadly rampage.Aaron’s school, Winthrop High School, is closed Friday as much of the area remains in lockdown. “He was an honor student there. He was really proud of his grades, and his friends really miss him,” Putnam said. Bill Young, Putnam's step-father, was an auto mechanic, the rock of the family.“He’s going to be very missed,” Putnam said. “It’s going to be very hard for the family right now to deal without him because he was kind of the center of the family and everything. We are going to have a lot to deal with and plan and make sure everyone is taken care of.” A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family.
A Maine high school student and his father were among the victims of the double shootings in Lewiston that claimed the lives of 18 people.
Aaron Young, 14, was with his father, Bill, at Just-In-Time in Lewiston Recreation on Wednesday night.
“I knew it would hit me when I got here, and he wasn’t here to greet me with a huge smile and a hug when we got in," Aaron's sister, Kayla Putnam, said. "My mom just keeps saying, 'He gives the best hugs.'"
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Aaron Young, 14, died in the shooting at the bowling alley.
Aaron was a son, brother and beloved classmate. Both he and his father were killed in the deadly rampage.
Aaron’s school, Winthrop High School, is closed Friday as much of the area remains in lockdown.
“He was an honor student there. He was really proud of his grades, and his friends really miss him,” Putnam said.
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Bill Young died in the Lewiston shootings.
Bill Young, Putnam's step-father, was an auto mechanic, the rock of the family.
“He’s going to be very missed,” Putnam said. “It’s going to be very hard for the family right now to deal without him because he was kind of the center of the family and everything. We are going to have a lot to deal with and plan and make sure everyone is taken care of.”
A has been set up to help the family.