Ohio State Recruit Jamel Turner Shot, Tracy Banks Murdered in Shooting..Melvin Shaw Suspected
As many of you know, I am a proud alum of The Ohio State University, so when I started to hear reports that an OSU recruit had been shot, it immediately got my attention. When I started to research the details, an all too familiar scene came to the forefront. Here is a description of the tragic events:
A talented OSU football recruit is in a hospital in his hometown, the victim of an overnight shooting that killed the teenage girl he was visiting. According to NBC 4’s sister station in Youngstown, WFMJ, Jamel Turner told 911 operators he had been shot early Saturday morning. Medics found him suffering multiple wounds at a corner near the house where they found Tracy Banks, 17, who was fatally shot.
Police told reporters Banks had been baby-sitting for a 4-year-old girl who was found unharmed.
The child reportedly told police she heard Tracy arguing with her boyfriend, Melvin Shaw, before the gunfire. Shaw is considered a suspect, say police, but is not in custody. Turner is in critical condition at a Youngstown hospital. He reported being wounded in a drive-by shooting in Youngstown in April; those injuries were not serious.
You see this everyday on the news, young people being shot and murdered over minor disagreements, jealousy, money, drugs, women, etc. What is more disturbing about this particular story is that a 4-year-old child possibly witnessed a person being killed.
No one knows exactly if Turner was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, but this is the second time he has been shot in the past three months, meaning if he gets through this (and I pray that he does), he has to make better decisions about the company he keeps.
I lived in Columbus, OH for five years and had many friends from Youngstown, and let me tell you — when you go to Youngstown you would think it was 1975, not 2010. It is a very downtrodden and rough city. Violence is high throughout the city and murders like these happen daily.
All we can do is pray that our young people realize that whatever the dispute is about, it is never serious enough to take someone’s life, it just isn’t. Very sad story, very sad situation and my heart goes out to the Banks’ family. I pray that Turner makes it through and realizes you can only gamble with your life for so long before you crap out.
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Rob we can pray all we want but we must remember how impressionable the minds of young people are these days. In their minds they see their favourite celebrity being hauled before the courts and glorifying the ghetto and the hoods, they hear 50 cents bragging about being shot nine times and these are the young men that they want to be like. They want to be like these female celebrities putting out sex tapes and making millions and years later write a tell all book about being in an abusive relationship. we need to take the minds of your young people back and we need our parents to once again be parents.
I totally agree. I try to remember when I was their age and I know I was fearless as well. It is just sad that you see it so often
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I honestly don't know how to feel on this one…. Just mad at the whole thing.
Just hopes he pulls through and change his life around
God bless Jamel Turner, heal his body mind and soul , let hi heal to play football and minster to this young generation, Tracy Banks lord recieve her soul into your arms, bless her dear family keep them stong,
I personally know Tracee. She was a absolutely beautiful smart young woman n NONE of us who knew her never would have thought this would happen. She loved Melvin with all her heart even got his name tatted on her…. this is a case of fatal attraction.
Young people you must know what love is before you FALL IN LOVE so deep you feel the need to kill someone. I have a 17 year old young man and I remind him all the time not to take for granted the emotions that someone may have for him. When you engage in adult activity at a young age bad things like this can happen. For the family I pray one day it will be ok. For the young man Jamel God has you here for a reason take advantage of that.
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