Photos: Family and friends gather to honor Pensacola shooting victim Mohammed “Mo” Haitham
Mohammed “Mo” Haitham, a former Lakewood High School track star was among the three people killed in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola last week.
Published Dec. 16, 2019
Evelyn Brady, the mother of Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, clutches an American flag as she holds her candle during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Beverly Thomas, on left, consoles her sister Evelyn Brady, the mother of Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Candles are raises to the sky at sunset for Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
The sun sets over the track and stadium during a vigil for Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Heads are lowered during a prayer for Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
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Candles are raises to the sky at sunset for Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Evelyn Brady, the mother of Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, release 20 balloons into the sky to celebrate and honor what would have been her son's 20th birthday today during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Lakewood High track coach Anthony Snead addresses the audience before leading them in prayer during a candlelight vigil for Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Evelyn Brady, the mother of Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, raises her arms to celebrate just before leading the group with two laps around the track during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Family, friend as well as military personnel on the track and stadium during a vigil for Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a vigil for him at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
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Lakewood High assistant principal Tequena Akintonde clutches an America flag and a flower while wearing a shirt several students and administrators were wearing, made by the basketball team to honor Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, the former Lakewood High student and track star who was one of three sailors killed last week by a gunman at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, during a candlelight vigil at Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave S, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Times
Mohammed "Mo" Haitham, 19, was a track star at Lakewood High School. He was one of the victims of the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting on Friday, according to his mother and Lakewood High principal Erin Savage. Photo by Carrie Pratt CARRY PRATT | Photo by Carrie Pratt
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, from St. Petersburg, Fla. One of the victims of the shooting Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., has been identified as Haitham, 19, who joined the Navy after graduating from high school last year, according to the Tampa Bay Times. U.S. NAVY PHOTO | AP
CORRECTS ONE OF THE DUPLICATIONS OF WALTERS TO WATSON - Air Force Col. G. Brian Eddy, from left, Navy Adm. Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, and Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly pause for prayer at the ramp of the Air Force cargo plane carrying the transfer cases containing the remains of Ensign Cameron Joshua Kaleb Watson, Seaman Mohammed Sameh Haitham and Seaman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed the three people in a shooting Friday at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) CLIFF OWEN | AP