{"id":291776,"date":"2026-06-01T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291776\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:19:10","slug":"lowndes-high-grad-shot-in-tallahassee-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291776\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes High grad shot in Tallahassee passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Lowndes High grad shot in Tallahassee passes away<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 9:48 am Monday, June 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>VALDOSTA \u2014\u00a0After a week in critical condition, Gavin Yates-Lyons died Sunday from his injuries from the Tallahassee garage shooting.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of three people shot at what the Tallahassee Police Department believes was a \u201cpop-up party\u201d on May 24, and the only one with critical injuries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A GoFundMe has been created to support the family as they grieve, originally created to help with medical costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGavin Yates-Lysons was an 18-year-old who finished high school early at Lowndes County High School, where he excelled as a football player and was known for his respectful nature, kind heart, and deep love for his family and friends,\u201d the GoFundMe reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Anyone wishing to help can support them here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/supporting-gavins-family-bayn8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/supporting-gavins-family-bayn8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made at the time of publication. Those with information on the incident have been asked to call TPD at 850-891-4200, or report anonymously to their Crime Solvers at 850-574-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tEmail newsletter signup &#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/newsletter-signup-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Newletter_signUp_Small.png\" alt=\"Newsletter SignUp\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lowndes High grad shot in Tallahassee passes away Published 9:48 am Monday, June 1, 2026 VALDOSTA \u2014\u00a0After a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[39978,232,234,233,71305,3591,123268,63923],"class_list":["post-291776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-lowndes-county","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tallahassee-shooting","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-gofundme","tag-vdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}