A Black Lives Matter activist, MarShawn McCarrel, shot himself Monday night on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse, according to a Columbus Dispatch report. “My demons won today. I’m sorry,” McCarrel allegedly posted on his Facebook page just hours before killing himself. His last tweet read, “Let the record show that I pissed on the state house before I left.” McCarrel, 23, was pronounced dead on the scene. There were no witnesses to the suicide, authorities told the Columbus Dispatch.
In addition to his time as a Black Lives Matter activist, McCarrel worked with mentor ship programs for the youth and also started a nonprofit group to distribute meals to the homeless. “All everyone needs is love,” he told 614 Columbus in 2014 while speaking about the Feed the Streets nonprofit. “That’s a human being. That’s a pulse. We’re feeding everyone, we’re sending the message — today I got you; tomorrow, I could be right there.” The Pursuing Our Dreams Facebook page posted a message in McCarrell’s honor Monday. McCarrell launched the organization in 2013.
We are sadden by the lost of founder of Pursing Our Dreams We never know what a person is going through RIP Marshawn
Someone had to have seen his last online posts and realized something was wrong. If someone had maybe reached out to him after seeing his facebook page, they may have been able to talk with him and prevent this tragedy from happening. Some people just take activism too far. It is one thing to stand up for what you believe in but to die for it makes you a martyr.