Fairfield honors stand-out student athlete Daniel Hughes after shooting death
"People around him were just better because they were around him," Vanden High School head football coach Sean Murphy said of his former player.
Author: Luke Cleary
Updated: 5:23 PM PDT April 29, 2021
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Fairfield is mourning the loss this month of a Vanden High School student athlete who had dreams of playing football at a D1 school and beyond.
Daniel Hughes, 17, was shot on April 4, 2021 on the 1000 block of Broadway Street in Fairfield, according to Fairfield Police. He was transported to the hospital with critical injuries. He died just a couple weeks later on April 20th.