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Football Player Shot and Killed at the University of Memphis.



Posted: Monday, October 01, 2007

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21 year old Taylor Bradford, was shot at 9:45 Sunday evening, in a campus housing complex parking lot, while believed to be in his car, in what's been reported as a targeted attack. Due to the fact they believe it was targeted, officials reportedly weren't convinced that there was any further threat posed to the university students, however, they took precautions regardless and cancelled classes for Monday.

Reportedly, after being shot, the football player drove his car, went off the road and crashed into a tree. Taylor Bradford was a 300 lb, 5 ft 11 defensive lineman hailing from Nashville, transferred from Samford University in Birmingham, Ala to the Memphis University when he was a junior and spent two seasons at Samford.

"We found him with a bullet wound to the body and the ambulance took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead," Roger Prewitt reportedly stated, who is a Memphis Police inspector.

The evening before the University had held a rally, focusing on lowering the violence at their school. By 3:40 a.m. Monday, an e-mail was sent out to the students, faculty and staff reportedly stating, "the initial investigation indicates this was an act directed specifically toward the victim and was not a random act of violence."

Officials believed the shooter fled from the scene, and did not intend to return to the University, however, every precaution is being taken to ensure the safety of the University.

To watch the Fox News Broadcast, who was on the scene click the link below.

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launchPage.html?100107/100107_ff_memphis2 & DeadlyShooting & FNL & StudentshotandkilledatUniversityofMemphis & US & -1 & DeadlyShooting & VideoLaunchPage & News & /video2/images/100107_100107_ff_memphis2_320x240.jpg

The details as to why the shooting took place is unknown, but the discussion on how we need to protect the school yards, from grade school to university, needs to be addressed. My heart goes out to his family, and classmates. School shootings is a sad and terrifying thing to comprehend, whether it was targetted to one, or randomly any, but thank goodness the authorities reacted quickly, and took all precautions to ensure no one else could be hurt.

Peace and Love

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