Georgia high school football star’s girlfriend speaks out about harrowing shooting on couple’s date night

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EXCLUSIVE — The longtime girlfriend of a Georgia high school football star gunned down in a mall lot by a Dave & Buster’s recalled the harrowing shooting during the couple’s date night — and her decision to forgive the two teen suspects apprehended in South Carolina — during an interview with Fox News Digital. 

Elijah DeWitt, an 18-year-old wide receiver nicknamed "Eazy E" by NFL legend Cam Newton himself, suffered fatal gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the Sugarloaf Mills Mall in Lawrenceville on Oct. 5. 

His girlfriend of nearly five years, Bailey Reidling, recalled that they had gone to Dave & Buster's for what amounted to a double date night of games with some friends. She said Elijah kissed her on her forehead and slipped her his credit card to go get food before she and another friend, Angel, went to the bathroom. 

She came out looking for her boyfriend, thinking he and another friend, Oscar, were getting tickets or playing foosball but realized they were outside and suddenly saw "everything’s red."  

MOTIVE UNKNOWN IN MURDER OF GEORGIA FOOTBALL STAR SHOT AT MALL; TEEN SUSPECTS EXTRADITED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA 

Murder victim Elijah DeWitt, left, hugs his girlfriend of four years, Bailey Reidling, on the football field.  (Bailey Reidling)

"I run over to Elijah, and he's on the ground and I go right over to him, and he mouths to me — the last word he said to me was ‘help,’" Reidling told Fox News Digital. "You’re screaming in the moment because you're in shock. So, it's like a scream that you don't try to do, it’s just coming out. I checked his pulse, and I got freaked out because there is nothing going on there. Some sweet lady came