Are athletes targeted for acts of terrorism staged as "random" violence?
*Timeline
Year 2016
1 killed 1 arrested April 9, 2016 Will Smith Wikipedia Raymond Smith III was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Smith was involved in a traffic collision in which a Hummer, driven by 28-year-old Cardell Hayes, rear-ended Smith's Mercedes SUV, causing a multiple collision with the vehicle in front of him. Moments earlier and less than two blocks away, in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, Hayes' vehicle had been hit by Smith's vehicle, which contained Smith, his wife Racquel, and two as-yet-unnamed passengers.[17][18] In the second collision, Smith and Hayes exchanged words, when Hayes fired a handgun, killing Smith and injuring his wife. Hayes was arrested at the scene.[19] During investigation, a fully loaded 9-millimeter handgun was found in Smith's car.[20] Hayes and a passenger in his vehicle claimed self-defense. After an investigation, the New Orleans Police Department charged Hayes with second-degree murder. Results of a postmortem toxicology report concluded that Smith had a BAL of .235 at on the night of the incident, or nearly three times the legal limit in Lousiana. Smith was buried on April 16, 2016.
Year 2015
2 killed, suspect killed November 15, 2014 Linfield College football player stabbed and killed, suspect fatally shot after game 20 year old Parker Moore from Woodinville WA was fatally stabbed Saturday night at a 7-Eleven next to the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville Oregon. The police investigation believes it could have been anyone who was stabbed to death. The suspect had no connection to Moore or the small private college. Police shot and killed the suspect when he returned to the scene and menaced them with a knife and chose suicide by cop rather than flee. He's either a random victim, or the latest of a series of seemingly random attacks on college athletes for no apparent motive. "We don't really have any reason as to why," Yamhill County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Tim Svenson said of his motive or choice of target.
1 killed October 26, 2014 South African soccer player Senzo Meyiwa shot South African soccer captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot and killed Sunday night during a botched robbery, authorities said. Meyiwa, who was captain of the national team as well as his club, Orlando Pirates, was 27. (It was only staged as a robbery)
1 injured, 1 arrested. September 25, 2014 Newfoundland Canada Teen Ran and Stabs Soccer Boy A high school aged teenager ran down from the bleachers and stabbed an 11 year old boy at a soccer. The victim was in the neck during a skills camp with dozens of young players watching a pitch in a suburban town just west of St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada. The victim was in serious condition. The suspect in custody after he fled in a car.
1 killed September 24, 2014 19-year-old U Cincinnati football player killed when motorcycle hit by SUV CINCINNATI -- A 19-year-old University of Cincinnati freshman running back football player was killed on his way to practice in a motorcycle crash. A 2004 Honda Element driven by 47-year-old Sherry Smith-Martin crossed his path turning into a parking lot when she struck the 19-year-old. Officers said Smith-Martin failed to yield the right of way to the motorcycle.
1 killed 2 injured shooting into car August 16, 2014 Chaffey College Football Player Killed in Shooting on 60 Freeway Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga freshman football player was shot and killed over the weekend. Someone on the 60 freeway fired into a vehicle with five people inside. One person struck by the gunfire was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital for treatment victim was identified by friends as 20-year-old Sheldon Martin, a football player at Chaffey College. Investigators believe Martin and four friends may have been involved in a dispute at a restaurant in Riverside prior to the shooting1 killed 2 injured shooting into car August 16, 2014 Chaffey College Football Player Killed in Shooting on 60 Freeway Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga freshman football player was shot and killed over the weekend. Someone on the 60 freeway fired into a vehicle with five people inside. One person struck by the gunfire was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital for treatment victim was identified by friends as 20-year-old Sheldon Martin, a football player at Chaffey College. Investigators believe Martin and four friends may have been involved in a dispute at a restaurant in Riverside prior to the shooting
October 18, 2013 Eastern Michigan University Football Player Demarius Reed Killed Demarius Reed, a standout football player a college football player at Eastern Michigan University was found shot to death on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, near the college campus. He was a junior and a starting wide receiver. There was a party the previous night, and there was a fight in the parking lot with gunshots heard. Evidently people passed by Reed's crumpled body resting on the landing in a stairwell, assuming he had passed out but his body was not discovered until 7:15 a.m. Police believe he was killed sometime after 3 a.m. and are considering it a homicide, though some believe he may have been robbed before being murdered.
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17 killed September 5-6 1972 Munich Olympics massacre Wikipedia Attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, on eleven Israeli Olympic team members, who were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian group Black September. German neo-Nazis apparently gave the attackers logistical assistance. Police officers killed five of the eight Black September members during a failed rescue attempt. They captured the three survivors, who West Germany later released following a Lufthansa airliner hijacking. 17 total killed including 6 Israeli coaches, 5 Israeli athletes, 5 Black September terrorists, 1 West German police officer
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