HBCU Basketball Participant Andre Bell Killed in Freeway Taking pictures in Nashville

The Fisk College basketball workforce is grieving the lack of participant Andre Bell … who tragically died after being shot on the freeway in Nashville on Sunday.

He was solely 20.

The Bulldogs launched a press release on Monday … with head coach Jeremiah Crutcher describing Bell as a pacesetter on and off the court docket.

“He was a dominant pressure on the Fisk College Males’s Basketball workforce, however he was most remembered for his infectious smile, loving persona, and distinctive potential to at all times deliver heat to a room,” Crutcher stated.

“We now have a deep absence in our program, however extra importantly, now we have a deep ache in our hearts. He will likely be actually missed. Our ideas and unwavering prayers are together with his household and the little youngsters in his household and in Nashville who seemed as much as him.”

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Division stated its investigation revealed that Bell and his pals have been at a gymnastics occasion earlier than leaping onto the interstate in Andre’s white Nissan Sentra.

Bell’s pals stated that whereas they have been on their manner again to campus, a darkish sedan pulled up beside them earlier than gunshots rang out, and Bell was hit.

“The Sentra slowed and spun again into site visitors earlier than colliding with a purple pickup truck,” MNPD stated. “The darkish sedan saved going.”

Officers say Bell suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was rushed to Vanderbilt College Medical Middle … however didn’t survive.

The MNDP Murder Unit is dealing with the investigation.

Bell grew to become a Fisk Bulldog final season after taking part in highschool ball at Sacred Coronary heart of Jesus in Jackson, TN. He was majoring in enterprise administration.