911 calls: Raleigh teen tries to save his friend's life in Halloween shooting that injured 2, killed 1

Xzavion Lawton, 16, died after getting shot in the chest, his mother told WRAL News. Lawton was a junior at Millbrook Magnet High School in Raleigh. Three months ago, Lawton's family moved from Hampton, Virginia, where he played high school football.

"He and a friend grabbed their masks and he said, 'Mom, I'm going trick-or-treating,'" said Noel Hill, Lawton's mother.

Lawton's mom said he went out trick-or-treating with two other friends on Monday near the River Birch at Town Center apartment complex off Old Wake Forest Road. Around 9:54 p.m., she said, police asked her to come to the end of her neighborhood where they told her that her son had been taken to WakeMed. Lawton died at the hospital of his injuries.

"Halloween is never going to be the same again," Hill said.

Hill said Lawton went trick-or-treating with three friends, two of whom were also shot. She said the other two boys who were hospitalized are expected to survive.

Investigators remained at the scene Tuesday almost 12 hours after Lawton and two others were shot and taken to the hospital.

911 calls from the shooting show that the dispatcher was having trouble understanding the teen who called and exactly where he was.

After going back and forth many times, the 911 dispatcher is finally able to find the apartment complex.

The dispatcher asks the caller where the person is that shot him, and the caller says he ran away on foot. He said none of the teens who were shot at had a gun.

When the 911 dispatcher asked who shot the boys, the 911 caller said "I don't know."

Another 911 call came in shortly after from a woman who said gunfire and debris entered in their home in a nearby apartment complex. She said that their wall and their daughter's dresser had a bullet hole in it. No one was hurt, the caller said, though she did hear people arguing shortly before shots were fired.

Police did not provide the ages or names of the boys who were with Lawton.

"He loved sports," Hill said of Lawton. "He liked to play football. He liked to play basketball.

"He was really good going to school. He was graduating next year."

On Tuesday and this week, Millbrook Magnet High School will have counselors on campus for students and staff.

Raleigh police have not released information about a suspect in the case or information about an arrest.

Anyone who believes they may have information that might assist the investigation of the incident is asked to visit Crime Stoppers at www.p3tips.com/897 for text and email reporting options or call 919-996-1193.