Marc
11-08-2006, 03:40 PM
Death of Hurricanes' Pata ruled a homicide
ESPN.com news services
MIAMI -- Police searched for clues Wednesday in the killing of University of Miami lineman Bryan Pata, the shooting marking the team's fourth death in the last decade.
Pata, a popular figure on campus, practiced Tuesday afternoon and was shot Tuesday night at his apartment complex. It was the latest shock to a Hurricanes team touched by tragedy and turmoil, including a separate gun case this season and a wild on-field brawl last month.
"They just shot him dead," Tonya Casimir, who identified herself as the player's cousin, told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach by phone from the house of one of Pata's family members. "He's gone."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2653361&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Sad story, hate to sound insensitive, but it reaffirms my association of the U withviolence and thuggery. Pata could have been completely innocent, but something about this isn't that surprising...
ESPN.com news services
MIAMI -- Police searched for clues Wednesday in the killing of University of Miami lineman Bryan Pata, the shooting marking the team's fourth death in the last decade.
Pata, a popular figure on campus, practiced Tuesday afternoon and was shot Tuesday night at his apartment complex. It was the latest shock to a Hurricanes team touched by tragedy and turmoil, including a separate gun case this season and a wild on-field brawl last month.
"They just shot him dead," Tonya Casimir, who identified herself as the player's cousin, told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach by phone from the house of one of Pata's family members. "He's gone."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2653361&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Sad story, hate to sound insensitive, but it reaffirms my association of the U withviolence and thuggery. Pata could have been completely innocent, but something about this isn't that surprising...