Family grieving Oldham County teacher killed in Washington DC: 'Max was a champion'

MAX EMERSON WAS A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND WRESTLING COACH HERE AT OLDHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. BUT LAST WEEK HE WAS ON A TRIP IN WASHINGTON, DC AND NEVER MADE IT HOME AGAIN. HE COULD SEE GOOD IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS STUDENTS AND HIS WRESTLERS AND US. THAT’S HOW HIS PARENTS, CHANDRA AND STEVE EMERSON, SAY THEY WILL REMEMBER THEIR 25 YEAR OLD SON, MAX EMERSON, AS A LOVING UNCLE AND BROTHER WHO PULLED THEIR FAMILY CLOSER TOGETHER. WE’RE WWE FANS AND HE GOT US TO GO TO WRESTLEMANIA. WE WENT TO MONEY IN THE BANK EXTREME RULES WITH SAINT LOUIS, PITTSBURGH AND LAST WEDNESDAY, EMERSON’S MOM SAYS THEY WERE TOGETHER AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK. EMERSON WAS IN DC FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND WAS NEAR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA WHEN CHANDRA SAYS HE SENT HER A SNAPCHAT, SHE COULDN’T QUITE UNDERSTAND. I LOOKED AT THE SNAP AGAIN AND THAT’S WHEN I FIGURED OUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY SAID, WHICH WAS HELP BEING ROBBED AT GUNPOINT. THEY LATER FOUND OUT EMERSON HAD BEEN SHOT ON CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS. HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. IT’S EVERY MOTHER’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S THE WORST
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