A 19-year-old was shot dead during a bonfire party in the Virginia woods while trying to break up a fight — with his girlfriend, who warned him not to go, heartbreakingly discovering he was killed in a two-word text from his father.
Christian Archen Whalen was partying with a “large group” in a wooded area in Spotsylvania County, about 55 miles outside Richmond, just after midnight Sunday when a fight between other partygoers broke out, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release Monday.
Whalen was shot “in the lower extremity” when he attempted to break up the fight, police said.
The department said it responded around 1 a.m. after receiving reports of a shooting and found the wounded teen fighting for his life.
How does anyone “fight for his life” after a gunshot wound?