Rasheem Broughton, a 16-year-old Chili teen, was visiting his grandmother on Joseph Avenue on Nov. 15, 1991 when he was shot in the neck.
An 18-year-old man, Joseph Chandler, was arrested the next day and charged with attempted second-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Chandler ultimately pleaded guilty in August 1992 and sentenced to 8⅓ to 25 years in prison, the maximum sentence he could face.
The bullet penetrated Broughton s spine and left him a quadriplegic. According to a 2002 column from Carol Ritter in the
Democrat and Chronicle, Broughton could move his right hand and had limited use of his right arm. He was able to move enough to operate an electric wheelchair.
Gates-Chili outlasts Victor for Class AA sectional championship
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Gates Chili boys basketball team lost their final two regular season games, the second one, after giving up a 12-point lead with five minutes to play against Rush-Henrietta. That loss knocked the Spartans out of the number one seed.
“That loss was the best thing that could’ve happened to us, it catapulted us in the semifinals and it helped us again tonight,” Coach Jeff LaFave said after his Spartans rallied from five points down with two minutes left in regulation and beat Victor in overtime, 71-68, to earn the Class AA boys basketball title, their first since 2009.