VIDEO: Brad ‘Brick’ remembered as outgoing, proud dad
Brad Hancock was shot and killed Saturday night, Nov. 15 outside of a concert in Salt Lake City.
Quincey Lawson is suspected of shooting a former West Point man, Brad Hancock, multiple times and then fleeing in Salt Lake City. Hancock died on the scene, police say.
The Saturday night murder of a 24-year-old man who grew up in West Point has gotten the attention of his friends and family to the tune of $11,888 that was raised literally overnight Sunday and Monday to help with his funeral costs.
The fundraiser, at http://www.gofundme.com/hcf384, was the site of many contributions throughout Sunday and Monday.
Police say a Bradley Hancock, also known as Brad Brick, was shot and killed outside a concert Saturday night.
Unlike press reports, a family member said Hancock did not know the man who shot him nor those who were with him, but that he was just trying to keep the peace.
“They were just all together and these two guys came in there looking for trouble,” said Madalynne Borg of Kearns, the mother of Hancock’s fiance, Mariah Borg, of the group of friends who was at the concert and the visitors.
“They came in, Brad escorted them out. Someone lured him back outside. Maybe they were just there to hurt someone and they didn’t care who it was.”
Madalynne Borg said she didn’t even think Hancock saw the shooting coming.
“I think if he knew there was a gun, he wouldn’t have gone out there,” she said. “He just ended up at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was a good kid. He loved my daughter. He loved my grandson.”
According to Salt Lake Police reports, at about 9 p.m. Saturday, a fight between Hancock and Quincey Lawson, 20, of Magna, began during a concert including the punk rock band Close Grip, in which Hancock was a singer and guitarist, at The Core on 1444 S. 700 West. It is unknown what they were arguing about.
The fight escalated and police say Lawson drew a firearm and shot Hancock multiple times. Hancock died at the scene.
Hancock’s fiance said he was a passionate man who was dedicated to his interests and who drew others to himself.
Mariah Borg said the loves of his life included his friends, music, skateboarding and the couple’s 1-year-old son, Sonny.
“He has a big group of friends,” Mariah Borg said. “They were always pressed together. They were constantly there for each other. They were a great group of friends, always so close no matter what.”
The couple was living in Taylorsville with Hancock’s mother until their new Layton townhouse was ready this weekend.
“We had just moved out of our apartment last month,” Mariah Borg said.
Now, Mariah is worried because she won’t be able to afford the townhouse on her own.
But she was happy to share memories of the man she lost Saturday night.
“He proposed three weeks after our son was born. Nov. 23 (2013),” she said.
The proposal was at a big Thanksgiving dinner with all of Hancock’s friends.
“His plan was to propose to me during the big, group picture,” Mariah Borg said. “I kept getting up to walk away. He kept saying ‘No come here.’ “
But Mariah Borg said finally her finance chased her around a table and got down on his knees.
“I yelled out ‘What?’ really loud,” she said. “I was so happy. I started crying. Everyone else started clapping.”
Monday, Mariah Borg said she had confirmed the times of her finance’s services. She said the services would be held at a church located at 525 S. 1200 East in Bountiful.
His funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. and a viewing will be held Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The fiance said Hancock would likely be buried in Bountiful at the same cemetery his grandmother and best friend had been laid to rest.
Mariah Borg cried Monday about a son who would be missing his father.
“He had bought the baby his first skateboard,” she said. “That was one of the first things Brad wanted to do when Sonny turned 1.”
Another common interest between father and son was music.
“Sonny loved the guitar as much as Brad did,” she said. “He would try to grab the guitar out of his hands. I have tons of videos of them playing guitar together.”
And Mariah Borg said the baby meant the world to his father.
“People were really amazed when they saw him with him,” she said. “Brad wasn’t your average dad. He would strong arm him with the baby carrier. He would walk around the mall with him and show him off.”
And Mariah Borg said she remembers another time when Hancock walked around Salt Lake City for five hours with the baby strapped to him.
Police reports say another 24-year-old man was struck in the foot by a bullet and was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Police say Lawson had fled the scene, but was quickly identified as the shooter by witnesses and located in Nephi.
Police confirmed Lawson was apprehended during a traffic stop near Nephi the next morning.
He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for suspicion of criminal homicide.
The Associated Press and Standard-Examiner reporter Andreas Rivera contributed to this story.
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