Coaches, friends, family could not help John Crowder

July 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Despite their urging, 17-year-old basketball star couldn’t stay away from his old neighborhood, where we was fatally shot

Rising basketball star John Crowder seemed to be doing everything right, working hard in class and excelling on the court. Then he was fatally shot Monday morning after returning to his old neighborhood. Roslyn DeShields (left) and Andrea Crowder, John Crowder’s aunts, grasp hands at a candlelight vigil for the slain athlete.