“I coming to church”: Teen’s final words leave loved ones mourning after stabbing

Grief settled over parts of Grand Bahama after the tragic death of G’Tero Foster, a 17-year-old student remembered by family and friends as a respectful young man with a bright future.

Leroy Bowe said he had only seen Foster days before the attack and remembered him as a polite young man.

“He was well-mannered,” Bowe said, still shaken by the news. “No parent wants to wake up to a nightmare like this.”

Foster died early Sunday morning after he and two other teenagers were attacked around 3 a.m. near a business establishment along Queen’s Highway. According to accounts, a group exited a vehicle and confronted the young men. Foster was stabbed multiple times and later died in the hospital.

In the hours that followed, tributes poured in across social media.

Abagail Higgs said the loss has left many struggling to make sense of the violence.

“He was a good child with plenty of potential,” she said.

One barber said he had just cut Foster’s hair on Saturday and was still in disbelief after hearing what happened hours later.

“He was just here,” the barber said. “I can’t believe he’s gone.”

Foster was a student at St. George’s High School, where he was remembered as a “beloved fellow Jaguar.”

Among the most heartbreaking reminders of the loss was a screenshot shared online of the final conversation between Foster and his mother, Latara Knowles.

“Why you ain’t home yet?” she asked him. “Don’t let me have to come for you.”

He replied: “Mommy, I ask you if I could’ve gone out.”

She responded, reminding him that he still had church in the morning.

“I never answer you. And you don’t like get up for church.”

“I coming to church,” he told her.

But he never made it.

For many who knew him, the pain of the moment is difficult to put into words.

“Tero, Tero. Oh my Lord. This hurts,” wrote Anishka Rolle.

Kim McKinney said the loss will stay with her. “I will forever miss and love you.”

Others spoke about the cruel reality that a life so young could end so suddenly.

“He was just a child who just started to live life,” Agnes Pratt said. “Now his life has been cut short by cowards with knives.”

Higgs said the family and community now hope for justice.