"He made the comment that, 'You know, the one thing we can't change is that we're going to die we just don't know when. You should enjoy every day like it's your last,'" she said. "That's what he did. He made the most of what he did and I love him for that."
Foster of Washington was one of four people shot near the route of the Caribbean Carnival parade late Saturday afternoon. Two other men and a woman were shot and survived. The parade had largely passed, but the spray of shot sent hundreds who remained near the route running in all directions.
9NEWS NOW has learned one of the four victims was most likely the intended target of the shooting. Sources say Terry Jimenez, 18, is associated with one of two crews now feuding. He was on the same porch as Lucki Pannell, 17, when she was killed in a drive by shooting. Like Foster, Pannell was also an innocent victim.
Since that February tragedy on Sherman Ave, Jimenez was supposed to be under the supervision of th Court
Services Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA).
"My information would indicate that people would want him dead," said Council Member Jim Graham. "What was he doing in the District of Columbia because under CSOSA supervision, he was sent out of state. How was he released back into D.C. and under what restrictions did he come back?"
The day after the shootings a half dozen youtube videos surfaced showing the crowds and the victims who were shot. One of those clips is Foster, Jr.
Waiters-Reeves said she and her cousin lived in the same house along with Waiters' son and mother. They grew up there in DC and Foster, Jr. had enjoyed attending the annual Carribean Carnival. He had not returned to one since the '90's.
"He decided all of a sudden he wanted to go because he hadn't been there in a while," she said,. "He had posted on his Facebook page about how many people there was at Georgia Ave. day. When I found out he was shot, I called his cell phone over and over.
"He was innocent. You come together to be joyous but because you have someone who have idiotic beefs that have nothing to do with innocent bystanders, people die," said Waiters-Reeves, adding that she can't imagine the pain his two children are feeling knowing what she feels.
"I'm hurt," she said. "I'm going to miss the fact that he's not here for me to call when I need to talk or he's not going to post on my Facebook page just to say 'Good Morning, I love you.' I just feel that he was taken down too soon. I'm just lost right now."
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