WBC junior middleweight champion and 1992 Olympian Vernon Forrest was shot and killed Saturday during an attempted carjacking.
Forrest and his Godson were at an Atlanta gas station while Vernon was putting air in the tires of his Jaguar when at least 2 males tried to steak his car. Vernon had a gun and attempted to chase the men. When Vernon gave up on the chase and turned around he was then fatally assaulted by 7 to 8 bullets in his back via a semi-automatic gun.
The general description of the killers are 2 black men in a red Monte Carlo.
There is an eery twist to the story that news agents aren’t reporting. Courtesy of Necole Bitchie, Vernon’s twitter contained an odd tweet logged about a week from his murder. “Man, I had a nightmare last nite I dreamt I came home and found 4 guys were breaking into my house. I pull my heater and it was empty they chased me and was about to shoot me then I woke up. The 1st thing I did was get my heater and make sure it was loaded. That dream will not come true,” @vernonforrest.
A question that keeps coming up is if the carjackers knew it was Vernon or if they just picked someone randomly.
Regardless, RIP Vernon. I’d like to send my condolences to his family and friends.