He didn’t deserve all of the pain he endured in his life, he was a good kid.” “He lived a life of looking over his shoulder wondering what’s to come next. “He is being painted as a horrible person for carrying a second firearm after his arrest, but with the lifestyle Xavier lived, it was necessary,” said his sister, Xandra Mika. There was a warrant out for his arrest at the time of his death.īut his family said that this lifestyle of crime was one of necessity, not choice, for Arnold.
He also faced several criminal charges in his two decades on earth, including a charge for illegally owning a gun - for which he was on probation at the time of his death - and drug possession with intent to deliver. He experienced both physical and emotional abuse throughout his childhood and early adult years, friends and family said. Arnold, along with his five other siblings, had been placed in foster care as children, but he escaped his placement to live with his biological mother while still a young teen. A life on the streetsĪrnold had stopped attending school after eighth grade and had been homeless since he was 14, living on the streets on and off until his death, friends and family said.
Family and friends said Xavier was a loving son and brother who was working to overcome struggles in his life. The 20-year-old was killed in a shootout Feb. There’s only so many ways you can learn to survive if you live like that.” This undated family photo shows Xavier Arnold, right, of Coplay. And these people didn’t do that, the system let him fail and had him running around the streets as a 14-year-old kid. “They’re supposed to look for signs of abuse, and when they see it they’re supposed to report it. “He was a child who was brought up in a horrible, horrible environment in a community that failed him, with teachers that failed him,” said Justin Matthews, Arnold’s former stepfather, with whom he was close.
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