Who Is Tayvion Cole? Roblox 'Saddest Shooting Caught On Camera' Meme Explained

Roblox memes have been embarking into strangely realistic roleplaying territory recently, with examples like Roblox Car Crash Videos, where users try and make the most realistic car crash footage possible using the game. Now, a year after first going viral, memes about a character named Tayvion Cole getting gunned down at a house party are resurfacing as people act like the shooting was a genuine tragedy. Here's everything you need to know about the shooting of Tayvion Cole.

What Is The 'Tayvion Cole' Meme?

In mid-2021, a Roblox player with the username Tayvion Cole was recorded getting shot to death by another player named Zach Bryson during a house party in the East Brickton Experience. There are two known angles of the shooting; one taken by a player who was in the room at the time, showing everyone fleeing the room after the shots are fired and another taken by the shooter himself, showing the tragic event in full.

The videos gained viral spread across TikTok and YouTube throughout August 2021 and people became fascinated by the lore surrounding the character. Who was Tayvion Cole? Why was he shot to death? What happened after the tragic shooting? All of this would be revealed in the coming months.

How Is Tayvion Cole Used In Memes?

As the videos of Cole's Roblox murder spread across social media, users began creating faux-documentaries detailing the life of the young man, gunned down too early at the reported age of 19. Before long, there was a crowdsourced history of lore surrounding the shooting of Cole.

One YouTuber claims that Cole was set up by a girl named Asia White, who tipped Bryson off that Cole was at the house party. He claims that Tayvion's fellow gang members took care of White in an act of vengeance. They also tried to take out Bryson, but ended up killing the wrong man.

Cole's death became such a huge meme with so much lore that he was actually given a memorial mural on a wall in East Brickton, ensuring that the legacy of Tayvion Cole is never forgotten. Recently, Cole is seeing a resurgence in popularity on TikTok as users remember him one year later and further spread his story.

For the full details on Tayvion Cole, be sure to check out our entry on the meme here for even more information.