Wyoming football recruit killed in Dallas hotel shooting
April 12, 2021 GMT
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) A member of Wyoming’s 2021 football recruiting class was shot to death at a Texas hotel.
Tony Evans Jr., 17, died at a hospital after the shooting early Sunday at the Hawthorn Suites near the Dallas Love Field Airport. Another person, whom police didn’t identify, was wounded, the Dallas Morning News reported.
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“Our hearts are with the Evans family as they go through this incredibly difficult time,” Wyoming coach Craig Bohl said.
Bohl was on Tulsa’s coaching staff when Evans’ father played for the Golden Hurricane in the 1980s.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) A wild, post-game brawl erupted after Mississippi State held off No. 22 Tulsa 28-26 on Thursday in the Armed Forces Bowl, overshadowing true freshman Will Rogers’ big game for the Bulldogs.
Minutes after the game ended following an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Mississippi State on a late onside kick as Tulsa tried to make a comeback, the teams became involved in a large melee on the field. Tulsa coach Greg Montgomery said sophomore safety Kendarin Ray, who was helped off the field after being at the bottom of a dogpile during a second scrum, was treated for “some sort of concussion.”