‘He had a beautiful soul’: Tyre Nichols’ parents reflect on the son who was taken from them

A candlelight vigil was held at the skatepark where the 29-year-old would give lessons to his four-year-old son, his mother said

Tyre Nichols, the latest in a long line of young American Black men whose death is tied to the police, was a “beautiful soul” and home-loving son with his mother’s name tattooed on his arm, his family and friends have said.

Described as “a momma’s boy” by his mother, RowVaughn Wells, the 29-year-old Memphis, Tennessee, resident, the youngest of four children, was also a father himself. He leaves a four-year-old boy whom he loved to teach skateboarding.