New Jersey high school basketball standout fatally shot

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Letrell Duncan, a high school basketball standout in New Jersey, was fatally shot shortly after leaving school.

Basketball Standout Letrell Duncan killed

According to reports, Letrell – a sophomore at East Orange Campus High School – was shot four times at around 3:15 PM near his H.S. He was rushed to University Hospital in Newark where died just before 4 p.m.

No arrests have been made in connection to the fatal shooting. Investigators, however, are looking for “a group of people and a vehicle seen in the area at the time of the shooting.”

“Targeted”

In an interview with the New York Times, Letrell’s aunt Marsha Douglas, told the outlet her nephew and his friends were approached by a group of men after leaving school. The group exchanged words and then eventually dispersed.

Letrell Duncan/Twitter

But minutes later, two people wearing ski masks and carrying a gun confronted the teenagers on a sidewalk, said Douglas, who heard the account from her nephew’s friends.

Letrell Duncan was well on his way

Duncan, a 6’1 point guard, was one of the top 10 basketball players in New Jersey. He scored 180 points last season as a freshman at East Orange Campus, helping the team to a 15-9 record in one of the most competitive conferences in the state.

His AAU team, Garden State Bounce, had described him as a “floor general, team captain, and the best point guard our program has seen.”

“He was an excellent teammate,” the team added in a social media post mourning his loss, “a great friend, and a coach’s ideal player.”

Loved ones and the community are reeling after Latrell’s murder

On Tuesday, grief counselors were sent to the 1,660-student high school campus, said Khalifah Shabazz, the district’s lawyer.

“He was a loved student,” Douglas, Letrell’s aunt said. “We’re just really saddened….He didn’t deserve this”

A GoFundMe for Duncan’s family has been set up.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.