Vernon Forrest dead at 38

[jonoo24]

Former boxing champion Vernon Forrest is dead after being shot multiple times in a neighborhood southwest of downtown Atlanta, officials said Sunday.
Police say they have no suspects in the death of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest.

Police say they have no suspects in the death of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest.

An Atlanta police spokeswoman said it appeared that Forrest, 38, had been robbed, which led to a confrontation in which he was shot several times in the back.

Police had no suspects as of midday Sunday, said the spokeswoman, Sgt. Lisa Keyes.

Mark Guilbeau, senior investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office in Atlanta, said an autopsy will be conducted Sunday, and results are expected by afternoon.

Forrest was the International Boxing Federation welterweight champion in 2001, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion in 2002-2003, and the WBC light welterweight champion in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, according to the BoxRec Web site.

He was named the World Boxing Hall of Fame fighter of the year in 2002, according to BoxRec.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/26/boxer.killed/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Another one gone.

[Oscar-Rio]

who?

[jonoo24]

read

[ArchangelZero]

Another one bites the dust....why is this happening? Ok, well why is this happening to the famous people? (Considering things like this happen millions of times every day)

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

Wow. Arturo Gatti's death was bad enough.

[neckermanncj]

Another one bites the dust....why is this happening? Ok, well why is this happening to the famous people? (Considering things like this happen millions of times every day)

apparently Michael Jackson was the first person to ever die, and now everyone (you) thinks that this is horrible when they hear that famous people are dieing, it has happened forever, why all-of-a-sudden get upset when people die? it is beyond me.. :confused:

[Stewie]

So much death. RIP Vernon.

[jonoo24]

apparently Michael Jackson was the first person to ever die, and now everyone (you) thinks that this is horrible when they hear that famous people are dieing, it has happened forever, why all-of-a-sudden get upset when people die? it is beyond me.. :confused:

Because there has been a sudden influx of famous people dieing.

MJ, Farrah, Billy, That quarter back, the other boxer, ans this guy. In like a month, also, they were ALL unexpected(except Farrah)

[Stewie]

^Ed McMahon

They use to go in threes. I guess now they go in sevens or something? :eek: