RIP Vernon Forrest

Man this is sad. I was always a fan of Vernon Forrest as a boxer but I was never a fan in the sense of pulling for him to win the fight. But thats primarily because he was usually facinig other boxers who I also had a lot of respect for, like Sugar Shane Mosley. But this cat was a good guy in the ring and out of it and from what I understand he has done a lot in the community. He was taken from us much much to early.

Here is how police say it happened. If there is a lesson in this its that even when you have a gun and you are protecting yourself you need to know when you have done enough and not try to chase down people who want to do you harm.

Forrest, whose title was vacated in May amid an indefinite rib injury, was shot seven or eight times as he chased at least two men who had tried to steal his Jaguar as he put air in his tires at an Atlanta gas station, Lt. Keith Meadows said, according to the radio station.

But Forrest had a gun and confronted the men, police said.

"The victim and suspect became involved in a brief foot chase," Lt. Meadows said. "At some point, gunfire was exchanged between the two of them. The victim was shot at least once in the head."

Forrest, 38, was fatally wounded by two semi-automatic weapons, according to police.
"At this point we have a general description of at least two black males driving a red Monte Carlo," Meadows said, according to the report.

Police said the suspects likely didn't know Forrest, whose girlfriend's young son was in the car when he was shot.