Desertdog
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Here is a good illustration of why we have trouble in believing in the cops or the press, and I an starting to have extreme trouble with both of them.
Pay attention to where the body was located. Also why did it take sooo long to figure out what happened?
Story #1 -
High School Football Star Shot To Death
Police Say They Have No Suspects
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3012677/detail.html
POSTED: 1:23 pm EDT April 16, 2004
CLEVELAND -- A player on Benedictine High School's state championship football team was found dead on a city street, police said.
Lorenzo Hunter, 16, died from wounds to his chest, left arm and hip, Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj said. He was about two miles from home when he was shot about 2 a.m. Friday.
Police have not made an arrest and have no suspects.
Hunter, a sophomore, played in Benedictine's 12-0 victory over Kenton for the Division III state crown on Nov. 28 at Fawcett Stadium in Canton.
Coach Art Bortnick said everyone affiliated with the parochial boys school and its football program is devastated.
"A lot of us can't comprehend what happened," Bortnick said. "Lorenzo was a quiet but well-rounded kid with good grades. He'd go out of his way to say hello to you, you could establish a rapport with him, and I never saw a negative side of him."
Hunter was a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wide receiver and safety.
"Lorenzo could run like a deer. He was going to be a major force for our football team the next two years. He had such a promising future," Bortnick said.
Hunter's family gathered Friday a few blocks from the school, in the house where he had lived. Neighbors started a memorial of balloons, flowers and teddy bears in front of the house.
Story #2 -
Arrest Made In Shooting Death Of Local Teen
Man Not Charged Yet
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3027896/detail.html
POSTED: 3:06 pm EDT April 21, 2004
UPDATED: 3:20 pm EDT April 21, 2004
CLEVELAND -- Police say they've made an arrest in the shooting death of a local teen, NewsChannel5 reported.
The 20-year-old man is being held in connection with the murder of Lorenzo Hunter, but has not been charged yet.
Hunter, a 16-year-old Benedictine High School student, was shot outside his Cleveland home last Friday.
Hunter was on the parochial school's state-championship-winning football team, and the school and community is devastated by his violent death.
Story #3 -
Police: Football Player Used Phony Gun During Robbery
20-Year-Old Charged With Aggravated Murder
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3030424/detail.html
POSTED: 9:06 am EDT April 22, 2004
CLEVELAND -- City prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with aggravated murder in the shooting death of a high school football player.
Rodney Roberts was charged Wednesday. He is accused of shooting 16-year-old Lorenzo Hunter in the chest, arm and hip about 2 a.m. last Friday.
Police said a witness told them that Hunter was trying to rob Roberts with a plastic gun. Roberts then pulled out a real one, according to police.
Hunter was a 6-foot-4, 185-pound sophomore wide receiver and safety for Benedictine High School, which won the Division III state title in November.
A defense lawyer said although he hasn't seen the evidence, Roberts might be able to claim self-defense.
"There are certainly the basics for it," said David King, president of the Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. "He had to believe he was being threatened with a real gun."
Dee Primm, who owns a store with her husband near where the shooting happened, knew Roberts and Hunter. She said both were respectful young men.
"They're both good boys," she said. "It's just a bad situation."
Pay attention to where the body was located. Also why did it take sooo long to figure out what happened?
Story #1 -
High School Football Star Shot To Death
Police Say They Have No Suspects
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3012677/detail.html
POSTED: 1:23 pm EDT April 16, 2004
CLEVELAND -- A player on Benedictine High School's state championship football team was found dead on a city street, police said.
Lorenzo Hunter, 16, died from wounds to his chest, left arm and hip, Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj said. He was about two miles from home when he was shot about 2 a.m. Friday.
Police have not made an arrest and have no suspects.
Hunter, a sophomore, played in Benedictine's 12-0 victory over Kenton for the Division III state crown on Nov. 28 at Fawcett Stadium in Canton.
Coach Art Bortnick said everyone affiliated with the parochial boys school and its football program is devastated.
"A lot of us can't comprehend what happened," Bortnick said. "Lorenzo was a quiet but well-rounded kid with good grades. He'd go out of his way to say hello to you, you could establish a rapport with him, and I never saw a negative side of him."
Hunter was a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wide receiver and safety.
"Lorenzo could run like a deer. He was going to be a major force for our football team the next two years. He had such a promising future," Bortnick said.
Hunter's family gathered Friday a few blocks from the school, in the house where he had lived. Neighbors started a memorial of balloons, flowers and teddy bears in front of the house.
Story #2 -
Arrest Made In Shooting Death Of Local Teen
Man Not Charged Yet
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3027896/detail.html
POSTED: 3:06 pm EDT April 21, 2004
UPDATED: 3:20 pm EDT April 21, 2004
CLEVELAND -- Police say they've made an arrest in the shooting death of a local teen, NewsChannel5 reported.
The 20-year-old man is being held in connection with the murder of Lorenzo Hunter, but has not been charged yet.
Hunter, a 16-year-old Benedictine High School student, was shot outside his Cleveland home last Friday.
Hunter was on the parochial school's state-championship-winning football team, and the school and community is devastated by his violent death.
Story #3 -
Police: Football Player Used Phony Gun During Robbery
20-Year-Old Charged With Aggravated Murder
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3030424/detail.html
POSTED: 9:06 am EDT April 22, 2004
CLEVELAND -- City prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with aggravated murder in the shooting death of a high school football player.
Rodney Roberts was charged Wednesday. He is accused of shooting 16-year-old Lorenzo Hunter in the chest, arm and hip about 2 a.m. last Friday.
Police said a witness told them that Hunter was trying to rob Roberts with a plastic gun. Roberts then pulled out a real one, according to police.
Hunter was a 6-foot-4, 185-pound sophomore wide receiver and safety for Benedictine High School, which won the Division III state title in November.
A defense lawyer said although he hasn't seen the evidence, Roberts might be able to claim self-defense.
"There are certainly the basics for it," said David King, president of the Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. "He had to believe he was being threatened with a real gun."
Dee Primm, who owns a store with her husband near where the shooting happened, knew Roberts and Hunter. She said both were respectful young men.
"They're both good boys," she said. "It's just a bad situation."