Baton Rouge 8-year-old killed in crossfire dreamed of joining the Navy, loved to cook pancakes

Eight-year-old Davian Thomas loved to make pancakes, do math problems and read Bible verses every morning, his aunt said.

His favorite was Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

Thomas was killed Sunday night while playing basketball on a makeshift court with his neighborhood friends. He was hit by a stray bullet from a shootout between four people, two in a car and two on foot, and succumbed to his injuries at the hospital…

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