tyre nichols the man who died this month after an alleged beating by five police officers was damn near perfect his mother rowvaughn wells said at a press conference on monday the 29yearold nichols had been living in memphis tennessee with his parents since the pandemic according to his mother although he lived in memphis at the time of his death nichols had previously lived in california he had just started a job at fedex working alongside his stepfather rodney wells he was very very beloved at my job everybodys calling me with blessings prayers and showing sympathy for what happened rodney wells said he only worked at fedex for maybe nine months but you should see the out pour of love and support rowvaughn wells said the wells said that nichols was passionate about skateboarding and photography hobbies he engaged in during his downtime on weekends photography helps me look at the world in a more creative way nichols stated on his photography page it expresses me in ways i cannot write down for people kenyana dixon is comforted during a rally for her brother tyre nichols at the national civil rights museum in memphis tenn jan 16 2023 nichols pictured in the h show more mark weberap his mother recalled the morning three days before her sons death she said she had been preparing chicken for dinner that afternoon and planned to cook it his favorite way at a press conference friday she said that nichols was coming from shelby farms a local park where he liked to go and take pictures of the sunset on the day of his ultimately fatal encounter more tyre nichols live updates this kidnapping charge it is terrorism attorney says officers pulled over nichols that friday due to reckless driving according to memphis police reports and he attempted to flee from the officers before being eventually arrested he was hospitalized in critical condition after complaining of shortness of breath during the arrest three days later jan 10 nichols died according to a preliminary independent autopsy commissioned by the family nichols suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating the 6 foot 3 inch man also had crohns disease and weighed just 145 pounds his family and attorneys said tyre nichols who died in a hospital on jan 10 2023 three days after sustaining injuries during his arrest by memphis police officers is pictured in an undated photo show more deandre nicholsfacebook via reuters its just so hard for me to even fathom all of this because its not real to me right now i dont know anything right now rowvaughn wells said all i know is my son tyre is not here with me anymore she added i know everybody says they have a good son or that everybodys son is good but my son he actually was a good boy she said amid the investigation rowvaughn wells said she just wants people to remember her son as