
Star Basketball Player Dies from Gunshot Wound
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee police say European league basketball player Lavelle Felton has died from a gunshot wound he suffered earlier this week while leaving a gas station.
Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said Friday the 29-year-old Milwaukee native died at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital near Milwaukee.
Felton played for Paderborn last season in Germany's top league, Bundesliga. He was shot in the head while driving away from a gas station early Wednesday morning.
Schwartz didn't immediately say Friday whether any arrests have been made.
Felton was a guard and played in 34 games, averaging 10.4 points and 2.4 assists per game as he helped the club reach the Bundesliga playoffs.
Hoops star Felton dies after shooting
Milwaukee-born European professional hoops star Lavelle Felton has died.
Felton, 29, a starter at Milwaukee's Madison High and Louisiana Tech before playing professional basketball in Europe, was shot early Wednesday at a north side gas station as he visiting his hometown during the European basketball off-season. Felton was just days away from returning to Germany, where he helped to lead the Paderborn Baskets to its first playoff berth last season. He was weighing offers to play in the coming season.
Police department spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office confirmed Felton's death Friday morning. Schwartz said he was pronounced dead late Thursday.
Schwartz would not say immediately whether police have made progress in the shooting investigation. She said the department plans to provide any additional information later Friday morning.
Hallo Yvonne!
Mein Name ist Volkmar G., wohne in Halle a. S. und bin 48 Jahre alt- bin der Fanclubvorsitzende " Das Rudel e.V." in Weißenfels, also vom MBC der FC.
Yvonne, im Namen des ganzen Fanclubs möchten wir Euch unser tieftes Mitgefühl und gleichzeitiges Entsetzen für so eine sinnlose Tat bekunden, wir hatten auch viel Spaß mit Euren Ex- Spieler speziell bei den Playoffs.
Egal wie, es ist immer schlimm wenn ein junger Mensch auf so eine Art sein Leben lassen muß und hinterläßt Frau u. Kinder.
Nochmals unsere Anteilnahme des FCs und viel Erfolg bei der Bewältigung der Trauer im Club u. bei den Fans.
Fanclub " Das Rudel e.V."
Volkmar G.
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