Alabama TikTok star Ophelia Nichols’ son, Randon Lee, was shot dead on Friday, a day before his 19th birthday, she announced in a tearful video posted on the social media platform on Saturday. 

“Somebody knows who did this to my child and I’m asking for somebody’s help. I have this hatred in my heart that I don’t recognize. Because I’ve never felt hate for anybody. This individual took my son’s life. He was just 18 years old, that’s the best part of somebody’s life. And I know they’re out there. In my town,” she said in the video. 

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Who is Ophelia Nichols?

Ophelia Nichols was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. Her father died when she was just 13. At the age of 16, she left home and started her career in furniture sales. 

During the COVID-induced pandemic, she joined TikTok and started using the platform to share her day-to-day life stories.

She runs the TikTok account “shoelover99″ and has over seven million followers on the platform, who refers to as her “Tatertots” which she says is a term of endearment.

She is married to Derick Nichols and has four children ages 24,21,19 & 18. 

Ophelia has over one million followers on Facebook and 180k followers on Instagram. 

“We are receiving an unbelievable amount of calls/text/messages regarding my baby child Randon. I don’t really have a choice other than to do this. I think of myself as this normal person who just loves on people but I forget that I have grown a family of almost 7 million via social media & I am grateful for you all. Thank you for the continued prayers for myself, my husband, my children and our family,” she wrote in a Facebook post after her son’s death.