Police: Ex-boxing champ Forrest shot, killed

Fox Sports ^ | 27 July 2009 | AP

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

ATLANTA (AP) - Vernon Forrest, a former two-division champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Shane Mosley, was shot to death in what police are calling an attempted robbery.

Atlanta police Sgt. Lisa Keyes said in an e-mail Sunday that the 38-year-old Forrest was shot several times in the back late Saturday night on a street just southwest of downtown. Keyes said there were no suspects.

Vernon Forrest was a former WBC super welterweight champion. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Fulton County medical examiner Michele Stauffenberg confirmed the case was a homicide and that the autopsy showed Forrest died from "multiple gunshot wounds involving the torso and thigh." Keyes said a police report on the shooting was not immediately available.

Charles Watson, the boxer's manager, said police and witnesses told him that Forrest had stopped at a gas station to put air in his car tire when a man approached asking for money.........

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

I hope Schmuckie Chuckie, and the rest of the ilk that doesn't think we're responsible enough to defend our own lives reads this. Not that it'll make a difference to them.

[rahbert]

Seems like he was about to give the guy some money,
when he was robbed.

Good reason to ignore panhandlers, I think...

[Retired Greyhound]

Sad story. Forrest was one of the good guys. Spent much of his time and money helping autistic and retarded kids and adults.

I believe he was armed and did brandish his weapon to defend himself. The thug retreated, so Forrest didn’t fire. But the thug and a friend came back and shot him.

[GnL]

Forrest should have run.