Sam Butler, who was 18 years old when was shot in the head while at a Mardi Gras parade last year, asked WDSU reporter Juliana Mazza to be his prom date Saturday (March 27), according to the reporter’s tweets. Mazza has been reporting on his recovery since he was injured in the February 2018 shooting, she said.
Butler was shot three months before he was scheduled to graduate, when he was in a group that ended up on the wrong side of gunfire after a fight broke out near the parade route in the Central Business District. On Saturday, more than a year since the shooting, Mazza shared photos of her next to Butler sitting in his wheelchair on a red carpet.
Before the shooting left Butler with a life-altering brain injury, he was a promising athlete on Walter L. Cohen College Prep’s football and baseball teams.
So happy Sam Butler asked me to be his prom date! Sam was shot on Mardi Gras 2018 & he continues to defy the odds. It's been a privilege covering his journey! Check out this clip to learn more about Sam & the night of both our lives <3 @wdsu @TeamSam12 https://t.co/Xr8PA9jQp0 pic.twitter.com/FgRbuOwCwq
— Juliana Mazza (@JulianaWDSU) April 28, 2019
In my 4 years of high school no one had ever asked me to go to any of my school dances. Sam Butler, you gave me a night I'll never forget <3 Thank you for taking me to your prom and teaching me how to be a better dancer! @wdsu pic.twitter.com/O3LkoZG6yV
— Juliana Mazza (@JulianaWDSU) April 28, 2019
via nola.comLove me some Sam Butler!!! Some of you may know Sam was shot Mardi Gras day and for a year I’ve been covering his road to recovery and I gotta say he looks pretty darn good!!! So happy he asked me to Prom and is giving me the night of my life! ❤️❤️❤️ #TeamSam WDSU News pic.twitter.com/9ICSjjsTIr
— Juliana Mazza (@JulianaWDSU) April 28, 2019
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