Former boxing champion Vernon Forrest was shot to death Saturday night by two people who were trying to rob him of his Jaguar vehicle while he was putting air in his tires in an Atlanta gas station. Forrest also had a gun on him and proceeded to chase the two suspects with his gun before he was shot dead. It was confirmed that he suffered seven to eight gunshot wounds, with one to the head and others to the torso and thigh. Forrest had his girlfriends' son in the Jaguar when he was killed. Forrest was only 38 years old.
The boxing world has seen three former well-known boxers who have died too soon in the month of July. On July 1, Alexis Arguello was found dead at his home in Nicaragua. He was 57 years old. On July 11, Arturo Gatti was found dead at a Brazilian resort. He was just 37 years old and Brazilian police has his 23 year old wife in custody as a suspect in his death. Combining it with the world of sports, on July 4, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was found dead alongside his girlfriend in a murder-suicide. He was just 36 years old.
This is getting much crazier everyday. Forrest was a good guy who was doing the right things for his community with his wealth. It's sad that people want to go around and steal cars. It's also sad that those two people decided to take his life in addition to trying to take his car. If they wanted to have the car and wanted to go about it by stealing it, that's all they should've done. If they would've gotten busted, they wouldn't have done that much time. Now, they're looking at doing a long time once they're caught because they took it a step further. Forrest had a good boxing career, only losing three times in 44 matches. He will be missed.
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