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Boy, 15, shot d£ad by 14-year-old months after being stabbed while saving girl, 12, from s£xual harassment


A Louisville high school student, who was stabbed three months ago while trying to protect a 12-year-old girl who was being s£xually harassed, has now been shot d£ad by a 14-year-old boy.
DaâJon Hayes-Burr, 15, (pictured above) d!ed from gunshot wounds after being shot in Shawnee, a neighborhood in western Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday night, July 25.
His family described the k!lling as âtragic and senseless,â WAVE reported.
A 14-year-old boy has since been charged with murd£r over the shooting.
Hayes-Burr, who was about to start his sophomore year, was k!lled just months after he bravely stepped in to protect 12-year-old Bristol Staisel, who was allegedly being harassed by Vasilis Sakellaridis, 45, at the airshow Thunder Over Louisville in April.
Sakellaridis allegedly made lewd comments to the girl, prompting her to shout âpedophileâ before Hayes-Burr jumped in, WDRB reported.
Hayes-Burr and his friends formed a shield before tackling the man to the ground.
âHe [Sakellaridis] had pure evil in his eyes â thatâs the way I can describe it,â Staiselâs mom Kristyn told WDRB.

Sakellaridis
Sakellaridis, from Oregon, allegedly stabbed Hayes-Burr in the stomach, but the boy was widely lauded for helping the schoolgirl.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear presented the boy with a letter and a challenge coin, an award that recognizes bravery.
Despite being stabbed, the teen revealed why he intervened.
âSince I got a little sister, I wantedâ¦if something happened to my little sister, Iâd want somebody to help,â he told WAVE.
Staisel said she wanted to make Hayes-Burr a bracelet to say thank you, and Kristyn hailed his bravery.

12-year-old Bristol Staisel and her mother
âFinding out a 15-year-old was harmed â three years older than my daughter â just devastated me,â Kristyn said.
âSomebody elseâs child got hurt defending mine. He put his life on the line, and for that Iâm forever grateful. Those kids are heroes beyond heroes.
âNot only did they save her, but they potentially saved another child that night.â
Sakellaridis was armed with brass knuckles, appeared to be intoxicated and was said to be belligerent to responding medics, according to arrest documents seen by WAVE.
He was âhighly intoxicated and causing alarm to other event participants,â police said.
Following the brave teen’s de@th, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has led the tributes to Hayes-Burr.
âBritainy and I are praying for DaâJonâs family and all those affected by this tragedy,â he said in a statement.
âDaâJon was a child of God whose life was taken far too soon, and his bravery and selflessness will leave a lasting impact on the Louisville community and our commonwealth.â

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