Andre Bell
HBCU Basketball Participant Useless at 20
Killed in Freeway Taking pictures
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The Fisk College basketball crew is grieving the lack of participant Andre Bell … who tragically died after being shot on the freeway in Nashville on Sunday.
He was solely 20.
The Bulldogs launched an announcement on Monday … with head coach Jeremiah Crutcher describing Bell as a frontrunner on and off the court docket.
“He was a dominant power on the Fisk College Males’s Basketball crew, however he was most remembered for his infectious smile, loving character, and distinctive potential to at all times carry heat to a room,” Crutcher stated.
“We now have a deep absence in our program, however extra importantly, now we have a deep ache in our hearts. He will probably be actually missed. Our ideas and unwavering prayers are along with his household and the little children in his household and in Nashville who seemed as much as him.”
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Division stated its investigation revealed that Bell and his mates have been at a gymnastics occasion earlier than leaping onto the interstate in Andre’s white Nissan Sentra.
Bell’s mates stated that whereas they have been on their approach again to campus, a darkish sedan pulled up beside them earlier than gunshots rang out, and Bell was hit.
“The Sentra slowed and spun again into visitors earlier than colliding with a pink pickup truck,” MNPD stated. “The darkish sedan stored going.”
Officers say Bell suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was rushed to Vanderbilt College Medical Middle … however didn’t survive.
The MNDP Murder Unit is dealing with the investigation.
Bell turned a Fisk Bulldog final season after taking part in highschool ball at Sacred Coronary heart of Jesus in Jackson, TN. He was majoring in enterprise administration.
RIP
