Former Jamaican cruiserweight boxer O’Neil ‘Supernova’ Bell was killed Wednesday in an early morning robbery and shooting along per the AJC.
Bell held the WBA, WBC and IBF cruiserweight boxing titles during a 13-year career that ended in 2011.
Channel 2 Action News reported that Bell and another man had just gotten off a MARTA bus after midnight and were walking down the street when a vehicle drove up with two men inside.
“We’re being told that there may have been some type of vehicle involved, a PT Cruiser, and robbery may be the motive,” Atlanta police Lt. Charles Hampton told Channel 2.
Responding officers found Bell dead in the street with a gunshot wound. He had also been stabbed, according to Channel 2.
“We actually had another victim who was shot in the right hip and transported down to Grady [Memorial Hospital] who’s in critical condition at this point,” Hampton said.
According to reports, the second victim just happened to get off at the stop with Bell, and didn’t even know him.