The brutal attack occurred as Scurry was getting into a car with his mother on the morning of January 2, 2024, near Roosevelt Boulevard and Toner Creek Park. Eyewitnesses report that he was shot multiple times in a targeted assault, which police say was personal in nature. Miraculously, his mother escaped unharmed, but the trauma of the event has reverberated throughout the school community, leaving students and staff in disbelief.