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Omari Alexander, a redshirt freshman who played football at Lenoir-Rhyne University, was found shot to death inside a car at the Civitan Court Apartment complex in Hickory, North Carolina, early Saturday morning.
Samantha Gilstrap and Marvin Beach of WCCB Charlotte provided more information:
Upon arrival, officers say the found a black 2015 Chevrolet Camaro with the engine running in the parking lot of the apartment complex.
When officers approached the car, they say they found an unresponsive 19-year-old Black man, Omari Alexander, sitting in the driver’s sear with multiple gunshot wounds.
Officers attempted to provide medical aid to Alexander until medics arrived at the scene, but Alexander was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lenoir-Rhyne confirmed the 19-year-old's death on Saturday:
Per Walter Hermann of Fox 46 Charlotte, no arrests have been made thus far. According to WBTV, no suspect information has been released.
Alexander is listed as a tight end on the Bears roster. He attended Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte before arriving at Lenoir-Rhyne.
The Bears played Saturday, losing in the first round of the Division II playoffs against Bowie State in Bowie, Maryland.
The Tusculum College (Tennessee) Pioneers didn't have much problem beating the College of Faith Saints Thursday night, but not even the score tells the whole story of just how dominant the Pioneers were.
Tusculum (Division II) opened its season with a 71-0 victory, but the record-setting performance could have been much worse. This game was essentially over after the opening kickoff, which the Pioneers' Justin Houston took 65 yards for the score. That was just the start of things.
The score was 23-0 less than six minutes into the game and 55-0 at halftime.
As dominant as the offense was, it was the team's defense that set NCAA records in the game.
Tusculum limited the College of Faith to minus-100 total yards, which obliterated the previous record of minus-69 yards set by Division II Fort Valley State against Miles in 1993. The Pioneers set that record while holding the Saints to minus-124 rushing yards, which bested the minus-112 rushing yards that Division III Coast Guard "allowed" against Wesleyan in 1989. The Pioneers defense recorded three safeties in the game, tying the Division II record set by Fort Valley in the same game against Miles.
Although Tusculum only came up with one turnover, its defense had no problem stopping the Saints. College of Faith failed to convert on any of its 13 third-down attempts and officially went 0-of-6 on fourth down.
It was just one game, but it was a night that none of the Pioneers—or the Saints—will ever forget.
