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Sep 16, 2022 · A jury convicted a 25-year-old man of capital murder in the killing of former Texas Tech basketball star Andre Emmett.
- Victim's Mother Shows Compassion After The Verdict
- Former NBA Player, Local Standout Killed in Robbery
- Andre Emmett's Basketball Career
Emmett's mother Regina Oliver delivered a victim's impact statement letting Jenkins know what her son meant to her. "We had a bond like no other," Oliver said. "And for somebody to come along and take what he worked his ass off for. He worked for every dime he had." Oliver said her son texted her a now haunting message just a couple of hours before...
Prosecutors said Larry Jenkins and two other men followed Andre Emmett, who was 35, from a nightclub to his Dallas home on Sept. 23, 2019. After he parked in his garage, the three confronted him and demanded two chains and a watch he was wearing. A witness told police that Jenkins, whom police had placed at the crime scene, was the one who fatally ...
Emmett was a standout player at Dallas Carter High School who went on to play guard for the Texas Tech Red Raiders for four years, three under head coach Bob Knight, and set a team career scoring record by the time his collegiate run ended in 2004. He never reached those heights in the NBA, playing eight games with the Memphis Grizzlies and six wit...
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Sep 16, 2022 · DALLAS (AP) — A jury convicted a 25-year-old man of capital murder Friday in the killing of former Texas Tech basketball star Andre Emmett, who had brief stints with the Memphis Grizzlies and...
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Sep 23, 2019 · DALLAS (AP) — Former Texas Tech basketball standout Andre Emmett, the team’s all-time leading scorer, was shot to death early Monday near his home in Dallas. Emmett, 37, was sitting in his vehicle outside his home at about 2:30 a.m. when he was approached by two people who displayed a handgun, police said.
Sep 16, 2022 · Jenkins, one of three men accused of robbing and fatally shooting former Texas Tech basketball star Andre Emmett in Sept. 2019, was found guilty by a jury on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.
Oct 21, 2019 · Dallas police say one man has been arrested and a second suspect was being sought in last month’s slaying of former NBA and Texas Tech standout Andre Emmett.
Sep 23, 2019 · A former NBA and Texas Tech basketball player was shot and killed early Monday morning in Old East Dallas. A passerby found Andre Emmett, 37, wounded on North Prairie Avenue and called police...
