USC Starting Point Guard Killed in La.

abcnewsgo.com ^ | 05/13/06

[Ellesu]

USC Starting Point Guard Ryan Francis Killed in Louisiana Shooting While Riding in Car:

Francis was shot and killed early Saturday while riding in a car in Louisiana, where he was visiting his mother.

The 19-year-old Francis was killed about 3:30 a.m. in Baton Rouge, said Tim Tessalone, USC's director of sports information.

Francis was among four passengers whose vehicle pulled up to a stoplight. The driver of another vehicle got out and opened fire, said Lt. Keith Bates of the Baton Rouge Police Department. The driver of the car Francis was in attempted to drive away but Francis, who was sitting in the back seat, was shot multiple times.

[The Westerner]

How sad.

[jdm]

Just 'keepin' it real,' I'm sure.

[bubman]

He should have joined the marines. At least there is odds would've been in his favour.

what a god damn waste

[Drango]

The US is turning into downtown Baghdad.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Being out at 3:00 AM invites such things. Not all people who are out are bad, many of the college kids don't go out until 11:00 PM, but most of the bad ones are out at that time, increasing the odds of running into them.

[opinionator]

Please don't let the chocolates come back to New Orleans.

I prefer to read about violent crime happening in places other than this dump.

Nice.

[SIDENET]

Just 'keepin' it real,' I'm sure.

It looks like someone was keepin' it a little too real.

[Wormwood]

Please don't let the chocolates come back to New Orleans.

Please clarify this statement.

[devane617]

A waste of a life. G-d bless his family.

[Emmet Fitzhume]

Well, what is the answer?

What do you suggest?

[freeangel]

"Things just gettin' back to "normal" in the area. That's what the mayor of NO wanted, wasn't it?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[The 19-year-old Francis was killed about 3:30 a.m. in Baton Rouge....Francis was among four passengers whose vehicle pulled up to a stoplight. The driver of another vehicle got out and opened fire...]

This happens all the time to people I know who tool around on city streets at 3:30 a.m.

[james500]

When Mayor Nagin was asked to clarify, he said:

"How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about," he said. "New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive? It is white and black working together, coming together and making something special."


You're satisfied with that, right?

[Nickname]

My husband often says that nothing good comes from being out past midnight--especially among youth.

Very sad story.

[Wormwood]

You're satisfied with that, right?

Nope.

I don't like it when people spread bigotry. From either side.

[Delta 21]

Francis, who was sitting in the back seat, was shot multiple times.

Bates said no one else in the vehicle was injured.

Random?? I doubt it.

[james500]

I agree with your characterizations of both speakers as bigots. But I'll lightheartedly point out that neither spreads bigotry. I consider both to be an innoculation of sorts.