A Buffalo Bills fan from the Six Nations of the Grand River was shot and killed in Miami on Sunday after traveling there to watch his favorite team play.
Dylan Isaacs, 30, was at Hard Rock Stadium to watch the Bills vs. Miami Dolphins game and was shot and killed shortly after the game.
Now, his family and community are trying to pick up the pieces, remembering Dylan’s great and bright personality.
“We will never forget you. None of us will,” Dylan’s mother, Susan Isaacs, said Tuesday in Osweken, Ont., surrounded by family. House. “He meant so much to everyone.”
Photo provided by family of Dylan Isaacs and his mother Susan Isaacs. (Included)
Susan said Dylan went to Sunday’s game with friends and met his cousins there.
“I didn’t know he was going,” she explained.
“He was posting pictures of himself and his cousin…and when I FaceTimed him, he was coming to watch the game.”
That would be the last conversation Susan had with her son.
She said that after the game, Dylan was hit by a car, and he and his friends chased the car.
“Dylan confronted him,” Susan said through tears. “And they shot him – about six shots.”
Dylan Isaacs is remembered as an avid sports fan with a big, upbeat personality. (Included)
The gunman fled, and Miami Gardens police are searching for the suspect. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Cecilia Skye, Dylan’s aunt, said: “I hope they catch the person who did this stupid act.”
In memory of Dylan
As his family awaits justice, they remember the 30-year-old as an avid sports fan with a cheerful personality and commitment to his community.
“He was a big sports fan: basketball, soccer, football, and he was always watching sports on TV,” Cecilia said.
“He was a great guy and a great personality.”
Dylan Isaacs as a boy. His family said he was proud of his Haudenosaunee culture and roots. (Included)
Dylan was also proud of his roots.
Six Nations of Grand River said Mr. Isaacs has been employed by the First Nation since 2021 and has dedicated his career to supporting the community as an archaeological community monitor.
That pride was on full display at Sunday’s game, as Dylan and his cousins displayed a purple Haudenosaunee Confederate flag in the stands.
The Haudenosaunee Confederate flag flies in the stands at Sunday’s Miami Dolphins game. (Included)
The flag now belongs to Dylan’s mother.
“They put it there, my cousins, and she approached me about this,” Susan said.
For now, the family is focused on transporting Dylan’s body from Miami to his home, anxiously awaiting a tearful touchdown in hopes of beginning his recovery.
“I have to go on, I have to get him to a resting place,” Susan said.
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