Football is a refuge as Alabama OC grieves son's unsolved murder"Boom, boom, boom," Kia said, "like somebody was trying to break the door down."
They both jumped up and went to the door. Mike looked through the peephole and saw three officers from the University of Alabama Police Department. Kia assumed one of the Crimson Tide players had gotten into some trouble. It never crossed her mind the visit might involve one of her children.
Mike had a different, more sickening feeling.
One of the officers asked him if he was Michael Locksley.
"Please don't tell me my son is dead," he said.
"I got really ....ed at him," Kia said. "Why would you say something like that? They hadn't said anything but, 'Are you Michael Locksley?' I was yelling at him, 'Don't say things like that!' They confirmed it and I didn't want to believe it."
There was no way to ease the blow.
At around 10 p.m. on Sept. 3 in Columbia, Maryland, Meiko Locksley was shot and killed. He was 25.
So heart-breaking to read this. Hug your loved ones every chance you get...