BRYCE GOWDY

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Robert Runcie, the superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, said on Wednesday three students’ deaths have had a “big, big impact" on Deerfield Beach High School. Deerfield Beach High School students are grieving again on Wednesday. Terrance Jackson, a 15-year-old Deerfield Beach High School football player, was killed in a shooting that took place during a funeral. Their school’s administrators released a statement on Tuesday: “One of our own Deerfield Beach High School students passed unexpectedly yesterday. Some Deerfield Beach students regularly used #MSDStrong to ask lawmakers to work on gun control and increase funding for mental health resources.

Terrance Jackson, Jr., was a rising football star, a sophomore at Deerfield Beach High School. On Feb. 2, Jackson attended his grandfather’s funeral before a gunman killed him outside of Victory City Church, 163 W. 20 St., in Riviera Beach. Bryce Gowdy, whose Dec. 30th death was ruled a suicide, was a Deerfield Beach High School football player who had been recruited by Georgia Tech and was supposed to be on campus on Jan. 6. Deerfield Beach high school football coach, Jevon Glenn, was in Auburn, Alabama, for a college tour with Jackson’s teammates when he learned of the tragedy. Glenn said that the high school player had passed up the team trip to attend the funeral.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Instead of celebrating Super Bowl LIV Sunday, a family is grieving the death of a 15-year-old Deerfield Beach High School football player who died after a Saturday shooting outside of a church in Palm Beach County. If we request you be there, be there.”Deerfield Beach high school football coach, Jevon Glenn, was in Auburn, Alabama for a college tour with Terrance’s teammates when he learned of the tragedy. He was a Deerfield High School football player who was scheduled to attend Georgia Tech on Jan. 6. While many of the top high school recruits already signed with a college, National Signing Day is on Wednesday. He was set to graduate from high school in 2022.

My times are in thy handPsalm 31:15By Pastor Rasheed BaaithThe suicide of Bryce Gowdy shows us a number of things, none of which are good. It shows us that when this trio of passions is in control, we do things we have never done before. How can someone who got so much attention not be given any help for what he really needed attention for? We need to know where someone can go and what resources are available to be utilized in such a crisis. Not just to their voices but the tenor of their voice, the color of what they say and how they say it.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Loved ones gathered Thursday evening for a vigil as they mourn a South Florida teenager and football star, who was also a son, brother and friend. Days after the death of the recent Deerfield Beach High School graduate, his teammates are remembering the 17-year-old football star, who died early Monday morning. “Loving guy, good teammate. He always kept good vibes around him. He was a good teammate,” Jefferson said.

A video posted to YouTube shows the mother of a Georgia Tech recruit who died earlier this week giving an emotional account of the days leading up to her son's death. Shibbon Winelle, Gowdy's mother, said she was having spiritual conversations about life with Bryce, but felt something was off about him. "He was talking about going to Georgia Tech. CBS West Palm Beach affiliate WPEC-TV said Gowdy was scheduled to start classes at Georgia Tech this Monday. "Our entire Georgia Tech football family is devastated by the news of Bryce's passing," Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football head coach Geoff Collins said in a statement released by the school.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a freight train struck and killed a pedestrian in Deerfield Beach. It happened near the intersection of Southeast Fourth Avenue and Southeast 10th Street about 4 a.m. Monday. A representative from Florida East Coast Railway told Local 10 News the pedestrian jumped in front of the train. Gowdy was a four-star recruit from Deerfield Beach High School. Georgia Tech honored Deerfield Beach five-star recruit Bryce Gowdy after his death.