Al Tarrek Bell Wiki
Al Tarrek Bell Biography
Al Tarrek Bell was a North Carolina teenager who “died like a hero” protecting the boy from the barrage of bullets, the family says.
Near high school graduation, Bell dreamed of becoming a model in Chicago or the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles.
According to his mother, the North Carolina boy, whose loves included music and his flowing dreadlocks, also made promises to protect a 10-year-old relative. The couple was “inseparable,” according to family members.
How old is Al Tarrek Bell?
He was 18 years old.
Al Tarrek Bell slain
On March 27 in Edgewater Park, NJ, the Skinnersville native made his promise come true.
“Thank goodness my son was there to protect the boy in the back seat,” Bell’s mother Izetta Howell said in an interview this week with WABC, recalling the events that led to the death of her son.
Bell was in the back seat of a vehicle hit by a barrage of gunfire shortly after midnight in front of an apartment complex in the small New Jersey town near Philadelphia, police said. Bell and the driver, Sadiel González, 25, were killed, according to police.
Police said two people survived the shooting. One of them was the 10-year-old boy sitting next to Bell, the boy’s mother wrote in a Facebook post.
“He protected my son and made sure he was safe. I will never forget you !! “wrote Jacqueline Santiago.” We will keep your name alive. You always told me you had it. She said: You will always protect him and you kept your word. You did exactly that, you gave your life to save his. You are your brother’s keeper. ”
Bell was in New Jersey visiting the family of his girlfriend, WABC reported.
The motive for the shooting is unclear. No arrests have been made, according to the Burlington County Attorney’s Office.
Family statement
Howell described her son, weeks into celebrating his 19th birthday, as witty and something of a comedian, she told the Courier-Post. He rapped, sang, played drums and recently started writing and recording his music, she told the newspaper.
“He was about to do big things,” Howell said.
A school counselor described Bell as a “good kid” who “was never disrespectful.” Another loved one said, “The good die young.”
