http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/basketball/3544763.html PHILADELPHIA — A cousin of Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace was killed and a police officer was wounded in a shootout authorities said occurred after an undercover drug buy. Tyree Wallace, 22, was pronounced dead at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Sgt. Mike Mitchell, 41, was in stable condition Friday with a groin wound. Pistons spokesman Matt Dobek confirmed that Tyree Wallace was Rasheed Wallace's first cousin. Dobek said it was unclear whether Wallace would play in Friday night's home game against the Golden State Warriors, but said he did not participate in the team's shootaround Friday morning. On Thursday night, Mitchell was in an unmarked police car when an undercover officer bought drugs from Tyree Wallace before identifying himself, Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said. Mitchell then saw Wallace pull a gun. The officer jumped out of his vehicle and ran toward Wallace, Johnson said. "(Wallace) was fired on in response to him drawing a gun on police," Capt. Benjamin Naish said at a news conference Friday. It wasn't immediately known who fired the fatal shots. Several other officers were at the scene. Tyree Wallace was enrolled as a student at suburban Arcadia University, where he had been on the basketball team but was not on the roster this year, university spokeswoman Lori Bauer said Friday. Mayor John Street said he visited Mitchell in the hospital and the officer was smiling and talking. "It looks like he will be able to return to active duty," Street said. Sad for Sheed...amazing that he still played against the warriors, but it must be tough times for him right now.
May be Sheed is not really that 'close' to this cousin of his, so he might not have been too emotional about it.
Sad that a college student would get involved in selling drugs and getting in shootouts with the police.
Why was he selling drugs I wonder? Why was he not on the roster THIS YEAR? That to me is those are questions I would like to know? It is very sad Rocket River
Maybe he wasnt that good at basketball. The money in selling drugs is sometimes too hard for the young and immature to resist. My prayers go out to this family, it is truly sad.
