Alabama A&M mourns the loss of recent graduate and former cheerleader

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Police say Chi McDade was shot and killed Tuesday night time together with her ex-boyfriend, 19-year-old Antonio Burks.

Her dying rocked the Alabama A&M neighborhood to the core, particularly these in her cheerleader circle.

“She was kind-hearted, she was all the time keen to present, and she or he had a smile to die for.”

As a former cheer advisor, Dr. Tammy Alexander labored with McDade when she first arrived on campus. When she wasn’t tumbling or forming pyramids, they might all the time discuss concerning the greater issues in life.

“We’ve actual conversations about plenty of various things in order that it’s not only one dimensional and a type of issues that I do know now will probably be our platform sharing with our cheerleaders is home violence,” Alexander continued.

Dr Alexander mentioned there have been by no means any indicators of McDade had any home violence points previous to her tragic dying.

“One of many coaches, I talked together with her a few instances since this occurred and regardless that she graduated in Could, they nonetheless have a relationship and so she would discuss to her,” mentioned Alexander. “The issues they couldn’t inform me or the issues they didn’t need me to know. There was no proof that she was concerned in this sort of scenario so it was a shock to us.”

Burks is going through a homicide cost and is booked into the Limestone County jail with out bond.

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