Aaron Xavier Johnson, age 22

Lost to gun violence on February 8, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  • Nickname:
    3 Luda
    1 TippyToe
    1 Slim Shady ❤
    2 One of my Heartbeats ❤
    1 My only son, My Baby boy
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    11 Pure, sweet, fun, loving and caring. My baby brother was a beautiful person inside and out.
    1 Audrey
  • Occupation:
    4 Server
  • Workplace:
    1 Aaron worked at Olivw Garden, Texas Roadhouse, Footlocker
    1 and his last job was at Doolittles Fire Grill
  • Schools attended:
    2 Blankner Elm, Boone H.S, Jones H.S, Pineville H.S, St. Vincent College
  • Comments:
    6 Didn‘t know him but he looks like a really good person. Condolences for the Family.
    3 from Alexandria, LA
    2 We're from Florida
    2 Aaron I didnt know you, but I know your mom, so I know that you were a GREAT person.
    1 It’s very sad😢 Prayers for the family 🙏🏻
    2 My baby brother! I love you and miss you so much.
    2 From HIS MOM'S CHID HOOD FRIEND KRYSTAL WALDON LOVE YOU GIRL!!!
    2 So sorry that we never met one another Aaron, with much Love, from James E. Allen
    1 great guy
    1 love you jessica.
    2 I'm not sure how I'm going to continue living this live without you! My heart is completely broken
    2 I told you I couldn't survive in this world without you but I guess I'm gonna have to give it a try
    3 your siblings, niece, nephew, and Mr. Pep need me to stick around a lol longer
    3 My tears are always lurking beneath the surface of my eyes waiting to spill over in my grief
    4 I think some days I don't wanna get out of bed, I just wanna lay there and cry....
    3 Missing you has become all consuming
    5 Until I see you again know that you will ALWAYS be my baby boy! Momma love you so much slim shady
    1 This is going to be a long road without you baby brother.
    2 I'm so sad......I don't wanna get out of bed! I want my baby back!
    2 Today is hard, im finding myself crying a lot! I miss my baby so much!
    2 I just wanna call your phone and here you say "right mom"! I want you back so bad!
    1 hear*
    2 I miss you so much Aaron. sister Loves you and can't wait for us to laugh again.
    1 I feel so incomplete since you and Josh been gone.
    1 I miss you so much. Im having a hard time living this life without you ♥️♥️♥️
    1 Your big sis misses you so much
    1 I kiss you every morning and kiss you every night! I miss you so much!
    2 there is a silver lining, I don't have to worry about you getting the coronavirus
    1 I miss you so much! I wanna feel you lay your head on my lap
    2 You Are Indeed My Big Baby❤
    2 More tears today and more tears to come! Missing you
    2 6 months again we were having a mother son dance at my wedding😭😭
    1 I pray you continue to visit our dreams sister loves you
    1 Dreamed about bringing you home this morning
    1 You somehow had your phone and wouldn't let me read your messages
    1 with someone named Meek or Meech
    2 You told me you know the people who killed you haven't been arrested yet
    1 but that their time was coming!
    1 I miss you so much and want to hold you in my arms
    1 and hear you say momma I'm fine
    2 I miss you so much! My heart is broken my love!
    3 I HATE THIS NEW NORMAL LIFE WITHOUT YOU MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY!
    1 2 of the longest most excruciating months of my life!
    1 Happy Easter My Love! I love and miss you so much!❤
    1 Happy Easter baby boy
    1 Hey baby! Missing you!
    1 Missing you so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
    1 I love and miss you Aaron. Your big sis is having a hard time here without you ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ (C)
    1 Another month has passed and still my heart is in pieces
    1 I wish got a chance to see our house in NC
    1 I miss you so much baby brother it hurts
    1 3 months still hurts like it just happened. We love and miss you dearly AJ ♥️♥️♥️♥️
    1 Hey baby boy I love snd miss you ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ (C)
    1 😇😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️❤️
    2 I'm praying for justice baby brother
    1 They kids miss their uncle and talk about you alot
    3 Missing you......I want to hold you close and never let you go!
    1 I’m still praying they find out who did this to you. S.I.P.
    1 Hey my beautiful baby boy, I love and miss you so much! 💔💔💔
    1 With everything going on today, you are not forgotten. You’re missed everyday
    1 Missed every second, minute, and hour of every day!
    1 I just want to hold you and take the hurt away! My heart aches for my baby!😭😭
    1 As I lay here in bed tears rolling down my face pain in my heart
    1 I want to see you and hold you in my arms! its not fair
    1 I want my baby back! IT'S NOT FAIR! LORD MY HEART IS BROKEN
    1 Tomorrow will make 4 off the longest months of my life
    1 and it's not getting any easier! This is truly hell on earth
    1 without you my sweet beautiful baby boy😭😭😭😭
    1 I miss you smile, laughter, and even your attitude! I miss everything about you baby boy
    1 I miss you so much. you and josh hurt me with this one
    1 Hey my love nugget, I miss you! A big hole is in my heart and life!
    1 We are incomplete without you! Never thought I would ever be this sad!
    1 I'm trying, I swear I am but the emptiness I feel can't be filled!
    1 You were the last of my little Mohicans and now I'm without you!
    1 IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S NOT FAIR!
    1 It's not fair! I want my baby back! My heart is broken 💔💔
    1 LOVE YOU FOREVER BRO
    2 Its Que bro i miss you i wear your ashes everyday
    2 I miss you so much baby brother
    1 Hey baby bro I miss you so much
    1 Everything reminds me if you ♥️
    1 I look at this pendant around my neck and i still cant believe its you
    1 It makes me so made everyday that its true youre not here 😭😭
    1 And so 5 months is upon us and still no justice for you 😭😭
    1 My heart is so broken 💔 I miss you so much and struggling to smile
    1 Dreamed you had a son! I wish you and Stella had a baby I could love on!
    1 I miss you so much! My Heart is completely 💔
    1 5 months! 5 months without you with me! 5 months of heartache
    1 5 months of missing everything about you my sweet beautiful baby boy
    1 5 months of brokenness, tears, anger, and unbearable heartache 💔💔😭😭
    1 5 of the longest months of my life I miss you baby brother
    1 I didnt want to get up this morning because I dread to see another month without you 💔💔
    1 5 months and brother I'm so broken inside its crazy
    1 5 months heartache the same from day 1
    1 5 months of no answers. why would they take you from us
    1 5 months and I miss you so much baby brother.
    1 I MISS YOU SO MUCH MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY!
    1 I WANNA SEE YOUR SMILE, HEAR YOUR LAUGHTER AND FEEL YOU LAYING YOUR HEAD ON MY LAP
    1 MY HEART IS BROKEN 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 My days are long and miserable. I wanna call you so bad and hear you saying "yes momma"
    1 I miss you so much! I'm broken💔💔💔
    1 Missing You My Sweet Baby Boy💔💔
    1 I want you back! I want to hear your voice! I miss you so much!
    1 love you😇💔💔
    1 Today was rough, hell who am I kidding everyday is rough
    1 I miss you so much! I need my baby in my arms!
    1 I want to take away all your hurts! I want you home so bad it hurts!
    1 My birthday is soon coming and the only thing i want is my baby back!
    1 The days are getting harder, the pain is continuously flowing over me
    1 I miss you so much my sweet beautiful baby boy
    1 I MISS YOU MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY!
    1 💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭 missing my baby boy
    1 I love you so much! My heart is completely 💔💔💔
    1 Yesterday was rough! I cried a lot and today is not looking better
    1 I want justice for you, I want an eye for an eye!
    1 I miss you slim shady! 💔💔
    1 I want to see your beautiful smile my beautiful baby boy
    1 I want to hear your say "okay momma!*
    1 I want to feel you snuggle your head on my lap and let me play in your hair
    1 I just want my baby back! I'm so 💔💔💔
    1 I love and miss you my sweet beautiful baby boy! 😭😭😭
    1 Your Sisters are trying to keep me sane but my heart is shattered 💔💔😭😭
    1 Mr Pep is wrapping his strength around me to keep me standing💔💔
    1 But I'm so broken! I miss you so much! 😭😭😭
    1 It is not getting any easier to bear 😭😭💔💔💔
    1 I want my sweet beautiful baby boy back in my arms 😭😭
    1 just up late thinking about you. I love you baby brother
    1 almost 6 months! 6 months of living without you!💔😭😭😭
    1 OMG I HATE THIS NEW NORMAL! I WANT MY BABY BACK!
    1 6 months of living without you! 6 months of total heartbreak!
    1 I miss you my sweet beautiful baby boy! 6 hellish months!
    1 6 months and still no arrest! Baby go and haunt them that did you wrong!
    1 May they never have a moment of peace!
    1 Hey my sweet beautiful baby boy, I love and miss you so much!
    1 we went to blankner and wadeview together. you had a sweet smile.. i hope you get your justice
    1 I never expected to have a birthday without you! 😭😭😭😭
    1 I'm not gonna get a text from you saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM"😭😭😭
    1 I want my beautiful baby boy here with me! I need you! 😭😭😭
    1 I miss you so much 😭😭😭😭
    1 Tears burning hot behind my eyes! My Heart is hurting so much!
    1 I miss you me and more each day! My womb knows that you are not here!
    1 I'm so afraid of how I'm going to lose it on your birthday!
    1 My body will be racked with so much pain as if I'm birthing you again only to lose you over and over
    1 My God how I'm I living this life! I need you so much!
    1 I miss you slim shady 💔😢😭😢😭
    1 I miss you baby brother. I miss you deep voice and your laugh. I miss our jokes so bad
    1 7 months of missing you! 7 months of crying because my heart is broken!
    1 7 months of wishes I could hug you one more time! 7 months of pain!
    1 7 months down, a life time to go! I miss you so much my sweet beautiful baby boy!
    1 To my dude.....Happy Birthday!
    1 Happy Birthday baby brother. I love you and miss you so much lil ugly dude 💜💜
    1 HEAVENLY 23rd BIRTHDAY to my before baby boy!
    1 I cried today as I do almost every day for the last 7 months
    1 Today on your birthday my heart hurt more than ever because you are not here!
    1 I could not find any joy...I smiled on the outside but slowly crumbling on the inside
    1 I miss you so much! I just want my sweet beautiful baby boy back!
    1 Happy Birthday in Heaven. Your famiky abd friends miss you terribly.
    1 I miss you my sweet beautiful baby boy! We been at houses and finding so many that back up on lakes
    1 Houses that you would love and would be at the lake ever free moment!
    1 My eyes tear up when I think about how you asked me to buy us a house on a lake
    1 I would have given you the moon if it was within my power! I miss you so much!
    1 Mr. Pep misses you too! He cries often
    1 Make sure up visit him in his dreams so yall can spend some much needed time together
    1 Your sisters and brothers miss you also! I think I miss you most of all! My sweet beautiful baby boy
    1 Hello My Sweet Beautiful Baby Boy! I miss you so much!
    1 I miss you my beautiful baby boy! I miss you so much!
    1 I'm so sorry I was not there to protect you! Please Forgive Me My Heartbeat!
    1 My Sweet beautiful baby boy! I miss you more and more each day!
    1 When I think about all the things you will not get to do or experience
    1 it makes the heartache even worse!
    1 I wanted so much for you and wish you were here with me willing my tears away
    1 I look at your picture and for a split second I wanna call you every day!
    1 My Heart Is Completely And Utterly Broken💔💔
    1 Yesterday was my one year wedding anniversary and
    1 one year since I held you in my arms for our dance at the wedding
    1 one year since I held you in my arms
    1 and I told you I would give you the world if I could
    1 This has been the hardest saddest months of my life! 😭😭😭
    1 I miss you so much my sweet beautiful baby boy! My life will never be the same
    1 8 months 8 sad hurtful months! 8 heartbroken months!
    1 I need you back! I need you so bad! My sweet beautiful baby boy!
    1 These days never seem to get easier. I miss you baby brother
    1 9 months, 9 long horrible heart breaking months!
    1 I miss you more and more everyday! I hate this life without you!
    1 My Sweet Beautiful Baby Boy
    1 I love and miss you so much!
    1 10 long hellish months! I miss you so much!😭😭
    1 My Sweet Beautiful Baby Boy!
    1 baby brother I'm sorry the police department isn't doing anything. This crap sucks
    1 Merry Christmas little brother I love you and miss you so much♥️💔
    1 Today is Christmas and all I want is YOU in my arms!
    1 I'm miserable beyond miserable because I'm 💔
    1 I want you back so bad it's shredding me from the inside out!
    1 My sweet beautiful baby boy!
    1 Merry Heavenly Christmas my sweet beautiful baby boy!! I miss you so much!
    2 We had out first Christmas without you and it just wasn't the same.The energy was just off.
    1 There is so much of my heart missing without you 💔💔
    1 HAPPY NEW YEAR MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY
    1 11 long miserable months! I want my baby back!💔
    1 11 months we miss you so much baby brother.
    1 My heart is broken I MISS YOU AARON I LOVE YOU♥️
    1 My stomach hurts just thinking about 1 year down and a lifetime to go💔
    1 As the 8th gets closer this pain seems it worsen.
    1 i really miss you bro this still feels unreal ik your watchimg down on me 🖤 love you
    1 I miss you so much baby brother 😢
    1 it's been a min since I've been on this page. I miss you so much dude
    1 I just wish we'd get justice!!!
    1 ILOVE YOU LIL BROTHER♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
    1 Over a year since I've seen your smile or heard your voice... I'm broken💔
    1 I miss you do much! Long sleepless nights because I miss my sweet beautiful baby boy
    1 I MISS YOUU SO SO MUCH 💔💔💔💔
    1 I miss you dude!! I just want to hear your voice 💔💔
    2 I'm 💔💔! I miss you so much! My sweet beautiful baby boy 😭😢😭😢
    1 I miss you immensely little brother💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 hey baby brother. here we are a year and 7 months and it all hurts the same I miss you jit
    1 We bought a home in GA and guess what, there is a stocked lake in the subdivision
    1 I know you would be lost at the lake day in and day out!
    1 I wish you we here to enjoy the property with Rusty and Pep!
    1 plenty of space for you to run with Rusty and their footballs with Pep
    1 I miss you so much my sweet and beautiful baby boy!
    1 not a day goes by without you on my mind!
    1 my heart is forever broken and will never heal😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
    1 STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TO YOU BUT THE UNIVERSE WILL STRAIGHTEN IT OUT FOR YOU LIL BRO..
    1 2 years and still hurts like it just happened I love you💔💔💔
    1 2 years of 💔💔 and a lifetime to go! I miss you so much
    1 my sweet beautiful baby boy! I wanna hold you right and never let go!
    1 I'm smiling on the outside and completely and utterly broken on the inside
    1 My heart is forever broken and tears forever flowing😭😭
    1 I want my beautiful baby boy back in my arms😭😭😭
    1 2 long years baby brother 😔😔 I miss you so much it's crazy. I pray to God we get closer one day!
    1 closure*
    1 I will miss you forever and a day. I love u for letting me be a part of your story.
    1 I’m missing you so much baby brother I love you ♥️♥️
    1 This hurt is never going away I lay awake most nights with you on my mind
    1 💔💔💔💔💔💔 completely heartbroken I MISS YOU!!😢😢
    2 HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY baby brother I miss you so much I just want to cry and scream 💔💔
    1 Happy 25th Heavenly Birthday my sweet beautiful baby boy! 💜💜
    1 I miss you so much! Day after day minute by minute the pain I feel is endless and had not dulled!
    1 I sometimes think it is a horrible nightmare that I will awaken from
    1 and you will be safe, sitting at the dinner table cracking jokes with your sisters
    1 and I'll be sitting there staring thinking I have the craziest kids
    1 that I wouldn't trade for anything!
    1 I want to hear your laugh, see your smile, hell even see you frowning
    1 because I would know your are still physically here with me!
    1 I wish I could turn back the hands of time, I would never have left you in Wisconsin
    1 our even let you go back there! I was so close to catching a flight
    1 but I wanted to give you your independence, treat you like a man
    1 and it is something I'll always regret! I failed you and I can't fix it! 💔 😔
    1 I want you back! I want to be with you! I want to hold you close and never let you go!
    1 I want my sweet beautiful baby boy back!
    1 I miss you beyond measure!
    1 Your sisters and Mr Pep are doing their best to keep me standing, but it's hard
    1 to keep smiling when I'm completely broken inside
    1 a part of my soul died with you and I'm so sad!
    1 some days is a struggle to concentrate when my mind is always on you
    1 thinking about the what ifs.... what if I never left you
    1 what if you came home, what if you never answered the door
    1 what if you never died.... but I know my God
    1 never makes mistakes! Your job was finished here and your rest well deserved
    1 I take comfort in knowing that you are safe from harm! But it is not easy....😭😭😭
    1 I know you and TiTi Red are together and she's happy to have finally met you and Kamaya
    1 is so happy to be back with you!
    1 I love you my sweet beautiful baby boy and will forever miss you
    1 Happy 25 birthday Baby Brother!! we miss you so much dude'
    1 Another year and missing you aches the same.
    1 Praying for justice onr day.
    1 3 years today still no answers and no comfort just miles and miles of hurt😢
    1 I miss you AJ💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 Hey baby brother staring at the ceiling with you heavy on my mind
    1 Everyday I miss you more than the day before baby brother (C)
    1 Jenna and I talk about you all the time I wish you two had gotten to know each other
    1 From the day she met you in Vegas she said you were a cool kid
    1 I told her she had no idea how goofy you are how much you made us laugh
    1 Everyday is an uphill battle for us without you here 💔💔💔💔
    1 Most days I can’t breathe from the emptiness you left
    1 Jenna says I’m not the same person since you left I don’t feel like me anymore just a shell
    1 Trying to be strong for mom and jasmine but I’m broken
    1 I pray all the time that they find who did this to you 🙏🏽💔💔💔💔💔
    1 THIS HURTS BAD 💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 You took a huge piece of me when you left I wish you could just come back to us
    1 hey baby brother, I miss you so much bro.. I hurt everyday and pray we get justice for you
    1 Being strong sucks but I gotta be for mommy and CC
    1 I have to out a smile on their faces when I know we want is to cry and have you home with us.
    1 I miss your smile, voice, hugs and our laughs
    1 Happy Birthday My Guy! Miss you so much!!!
    1 Yesterday was emotionally draining for me, your 26th birthday and you are not here with us!
    1 I miss you so much and it is still the hardest
    1 thing I've ever had to do being in this world without you!
    1 I miss everything about you, your smile, laughter, frowns, facial expressions,
    1 attitude, and the way you loved on me...... you will always be my titty baby!
    1 I don't care how old you got, if you wanted to snuggle on me while watching TV
    1 or just lay your head in my lap it was our bonding time!
    1 I will never be the same, we will never be the same! There is a big empty void
    1 inside of us where your presence and love is suppose to be
    1 It's not hearing your voice and seeing your face that is eating me up inside......
    1 broken hearted does not even begin to express my pain level everyday!
    1 I miss you so much my beautiful baby boy!
    1 I wish beyond wishes to hold your again, touch you again, hear your voice and laughter again
    1 I wish heaven had visiting hours, I'd be there every day! y'all would get tired of seeing me😂
    1 HAPPY HEAVENLY 26TH BIRTHDAY TO MY PRINCE OF EGYPT!
    2 Pep and the girls are missing you so much! Lily and Jaxon misses uncle too! Rusty misses you so!
    1 lil bro everyday is harder without justice for you...
    1 We love and miss you so much❤️❤️
    1 Every day starts the same... pain in my heart never ceases...
    1 I want you back, I need you back..... my sweet beautiful baby boy
    1 Every second is every minute of every hour of every day you are on my mind!
    1 Every second of every minute of every hour of every day you are on my mind!
    1 please continue to visit us in our dreams! Seeing your smiling face and holding you is my one wish!
    1 I MISS YOU SO MUCH! SOME DAYS IT'S A STRUGGLE!!
    1 missing you my beautiful baby boy
    1 I'm weak, I'm sad, I'm mad! I want justice!
    1 why haven't those cowards been caught! I want a life for a life! I want my baby back!

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