Author Topic: Lorenzen Wright Dead at Age 34 (Read 365 times)

Mo Z. Dizzle · « **on:** July 28, 2010, 10:36:40 PM »

Family, friends mourn for former NBA player Wright

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright(notes) gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former NBA player who has been missing for 10 days, as police investigated the discovery of a man’s body outside of Memphis.

Wright’s uncle, Curtis Wright, told The Associated Press that police called the player’s father, Herb Wright, Wednesday afternoon with the news he had died.

RIP to him.

Mo Z. Dizzle · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:23:24 PM »

Police: Ex-NBA player Wright shot to death

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Former NBA big man Lorenzen Wright(notes), whose body was found in the woods outside Memphis, was shot to death and the case is being investigated as a homicide, police said Thursday.

Police wouldn’t answer questions about motive or suspects. But records indicate that Wright, 34, revered in his hometown as a generous and likable sports hero, was probably carrying a large amount of cash when he disappeared on July 18. A court affidavit obtained by The Associated Press also said Wright had sold two vehicles to a man affiliated with a Memphis drug ring that’s suspected in six deaths.

His family filed a missing person report with police on July 22, four days after he was last seen, but investigators repeatedly said they didn’t suspect foul play. Wright’s mother said in the report that she was worried because his silence was out of character and “he probably has a large amount of cash on him.”

The report said that the day he disappeared, he had been dropped off at a restaurant by a woman and later taken to his ex-wife’s house in Collierville, a Memphis suburb. The ex-wife, Sherra Wright, told officers that Wright left her home in the middle of the night with someone.

7even · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2010, 07:04:39 AM »

why do rich niggas get caught up in the dirty drug game? I wouldn't go as far as saying it was his fault, but there was no need for him do deal with assholes like those niggas.

.:DaYg0sTyLz:. · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2010, 04:12:15 PM »

Supposedly there is a 911 call that came from his cell phone early morning July 19th, with a muffled male voice using an "expletive" and then about 12 gun shots.

His ex-wife told investigators that 3 men with guns came looking for him a few weeks before he came up missing...but she was told if she didnt keep quiet they would harm here and her kids....

or somethin like that..