8-year-old White boy shot in the head by Black suspect during Christmas light display

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Lawton, Oklahoma – An 8-year-old White boy, who was viewing Christmas lights while riding in a car with his family, was shot in the head last week. For the crime, Police arrested a Black man who confessed to opening fire with a laser-equipped AK-47 before fleeing inside his home.

According to reports, 8-year-old Zachariah “Zach” Bannister was brutally shot in the head after a series of gunshots struck the vehicle he occupied alongside his mother, grandmother, and siblings. The shooter, who police believe to be Jullian Phillips, shot at the family with an AK-47 assault rifle equipped with a green laser sight as the car reversed on the street to look at some nearby Christmas lights.

8-year-old White boy shot in the head by Black suspect during Christmas light display