Posted on 12/26/2014 6:34:25 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
A former coach and family friend of the Howard Bison running back who was one of two suspects fatally shot during an attempted robbery in Texas says Terrence Neal Tusan was a "good kid" and student.
Tusan, 22, was killed on Sunday at a Denton, Texas, apartment complex. Denton police say five people were involved in some sort of altercation during the home-invasion robbery.
"He was a good kid," Clarence Nevels, a former coach and mentor to Tusan, told the Denton Record-Chronicle. "He had good grades and was just down at AT&T Stadium for Thanksgiving Day Madness Youth Football speaking to students about believing in themselves."
Tusan, who was at home on holiday break from the Washington D.C., school, was killed along with 18-year-old Jakobi Dmon Gipson.
Police say three men forced their way into an apartment and gunfire broke out, leaving two suspects dead and two residents wounded. The third suspect fled and reportedly remains at large.
Nevels, who knew Tusan for 15 years, told the Denton newspaper that Tusan didn't have a criminal history and wasn't known to be associated with drugs.
"You have to wonder, what would be the purpose to throw his life away?" Nevels said, according to the Record-Chronicle's report.
Tusan, a junior for Howard, had 331 rushing yards with two touchdowns this season as a backup running back, including a 70-yard TD in a 38-25 loss to Rutgers.
Police recovered two guns, one belonging to a victim and another belonging to a suspect. Police haven't specified who opened fire.
"Terrence was the only child [his mother, Donna Tusan] had left, and now he is gone, too," said Nevels, who the newspaper reported was speaking on behalf of the Tusan family. "We just want to ask anyone looking into this incident to investigate further."
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Clarence is in deep denial about the qualities of Tusan. He was not a good person.
His brother Joseph was killed when he was thrown from the back of a pickup truck after it was rammed by another vehicle. The driver that rammed them got a life sentence and 300+ years. The incident was preceded by a racially charged fight.
Well, when you create a society with a legally protected social group granted with almost royal-like privilege...
...you end up with ‘good negros’ that feel entitled the rob and burglarize.
“So, was he a resident or a perp?”
He was wearing a mask and the ever present “hoodie”.
The other dead thug was 18.
The apartment they broke into is in a rough part of Denton, which is home to UNT.
Sounds like he wanted to play gangster while he was home from University on Christmas break.
22 year old with scholarship to play ball runs with gangsters on his time off?
You can take the thug from the ghetto, but you can’t remove the ghetto culture from the thug!
No joke...
The article makes a lot of assumptions.
IMHO - it was probably some kind of drug-deal gone bad, or an altercation between two groups of gangs/thugs with chips on their shoulders.
I count one guy pointing his gun at the cameraman, two maybe three pointed at their neighbors head, two at their neighbors knee and one at his own foot. Maybe the drunk part is not such a good idea.
Whereas some think if you have nothing good to say, you should say nothing at all, others feel if there is nothing good to say you should just fabricate an angel’s resume for the deceased.
Failing to come to terms with the acts these criminals are engaged in when they meet God isn’t doing anyone any favors.
“”According to Howard’s statement, Tusan was majoring in Leisure Studies.””
Huh? That’s a new one for me. Leisure as in “what to do when you’re home for the holidays?”
WOW! Wonder what job prospects are like in that field. Guess this guy won’t be giving any answers to that question.
“”Leisure studies is a branch of the social sciences that focuses on understanding and analyzing leisure. Recreation and tourism are common topics of leisure research.
The National Recreation and Park Association is the national organization in the United States for leisure studies, and offers accreditation to many universities to offer courses of study (degree programs) in leisure studies.””
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