http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2990730 A Houston-area high school football player who had verbally committed to Oklahoma was shot and killed Friday afternoon in an apartment complex parking lot, the Houston Chronicle reported. Herman Mitchell, 17, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Ben Taub General Hospital, Sgt. Bryan Pair of the Harris County Sheriff's Office homicide division told the newspaper. Authorities have charged 19-year-old Emile "Rusty" Lewis of Louisiana with Mitchell's murder, Pair said, according to the report. Police said the two men, who were previously friends, had gotten into a fight when Lewis ran to his apartment, grabbed a rifle and shot Mitchell, authorities told the newspaper. Mitchell, a 6-foot 200-pound linebacker, was entering his senior year at Westfield High School. He was first-team all-district at Westfield, which went 13-1 last season and reached the Texas Class 5A playoffs. He was the team's top returning tackler with 115 tackles and two sacks last season and was rated 45th at safety, his projected position in college, by scouting service Rivals.com. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has been made aware of Mitchell's death and is "obviously upset about the news," school spokesman Kenny Mossman said. "When I spoke with Bob tonight, he was really stunned. It was a blow to him," Mossman said, according to the newspaper. Mitchell's teammates were on a bus on the way to a scrimmage when they heard Mitchell had been shot. They learned he had died when they arrived. "Everybody was in shock," Mitchell's friend Brodrick Brown, a senior defensive back at Westfield told the Chronicle. "First we heard he was shot and he was on the way to the hospital. Then, 15 minutes later we got the news and everybody burst out in tears."
My wife taught at Westfield, a student body that celebrates and loves gangs, the gangsta image, the low pants, grills, all that sh*t. Man that makes me mad. Kids die for the stupidest reasons.
Please tell me this wasn't another Katrina evacuee. http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5082387.html Authorities have charged 19-year-old Emile "Rusty" Lewis of Louisiana with Mitchell's murder, Pair said. Lewis, who was taken into custody after the shooting, is being held in a Harris County jail, he said.
Question: Does his death matter less . .. if he were not an athlete and connected to Oklahoma? I know it is part of the story . .but .. The kid is dead. . and honestly I am more concerned about how his family is . . . .rather than if Bob Stoops is going to be O K. Sad Sad Sad Rocket River
This has the whole Boyz in Da Hood element about it. Young man getting an opportuinity to better his social economic conditions then gunned down. Really sad.
It is is sad..i just graduated from WHS...we've had so many deather this past year do to shootings...not all though...its a horrible situation, esp a guy with so much promise and so much to look forward to in his life...i knew him as well.. RIP HERM...
Ya thats how it is there unfortunently..its actually scary at times...esp back when they had the katrina victims against the houston people it was really horrible...im glad i never got involved in that crap..but ya..horrible situation..im glad im out of there..
I knew the kid he was graduating in December and going to OU in January scored like a 1300 on his sat's and had a 3.0gpa
Unfortunately, to the media, yes. His death would not receive this coverage had he not been an OU commit.
