JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A father is keeping the memory of his son alive through a new community learning center.
Wayne Wilson Jr. had dreamed of being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers before he was shot and killed in July 2007 in a drive-by shooting.
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His father, Bishop Wayne Wilson Sr., told News4Jax that he is building the new community learning center on West 22nd Street in his son’s honor.
The building will house a fellowship hall, an area for the homeless and a computer lab.
Wilson Sr. remembers the day his son said their community needed a learning center.
“We got in the car, (and) he said, "Dad, if I ever come up and become a pro, I'm going to put a computer lab in a community where it's well needed," Wilson Sr. said.
The groundbreaking ceremony will be held Saturday at 5 p.m.