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HOUSTON (KHOU) — An early-morning shooting Monday at a gathering in Harlem left a man dead & & other people wounded, New York City police said.
According to the university, the 21-year-old man who died has been identified as Darius Lee, a member of the Houston Baptist University men's basketball team.
Lee was a senior forward for HBU out of Harlem. He played his high school ball at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the Bronx.
The university said Lee was on track to graduate with his bachelor’s degree in December and was recently named HBU Robbie Robertson Male Student-Athlete of the Year.
He was a second team All-Southland Conference selection for the 2021-22 season and led the Huskies in scoring & rebounding & was sixth in the nation in steals per game.
Officers responded about 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along the FDR Drive & found 5 people shot. They were taken to hospitals for treatment.
Four other people who were shot also arrived at hospitals for treatment, police said. A 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital & the wounded included & other males & 2 females.
“This Father’s Day weekend is a weekend where people were supposed to be able to enjoy themselves with their families,” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.
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