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| UConn Starting CB Jasper Howard Stabbed to Death; Howard dies after stabbing. | |
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| Topic Started: Oct 18 2009, 05:47 PM (61 Views) | |
| Stinger | Oct 18 2009, 05:47 PM Post #1 |
To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4574560 STORRS, Conn. -- A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a homecoming victory. Jasper Howard, 20, of Miami, and another student were stabbed during a fight after a fire alarm was pulled during a university sponsored dance at the UConn Student Union just after 12:30 a.m., police said. Police had not identified a suspect or release the name of the other victim. Connecticut coach Randy Edsall said the team was heartbroken and devastated over the loss of Howard, a junior and the team's starting cornerback who came to the school to get away from the violence on the streets of his hometown, and became the first person in his family to go to college. "I know this," Edsall said, his eyes red and welling with tears, "he loved UConn; he loved his teammates; he loved everything about this." Edsall said Howard's death was especially tragic, because he was about to become a father. The coach gathered his team at its training facility at 6 a.m. to deliver the news. "As Jazz looks down on us, I can promise him and his family, that son or daughter will have 105 uncles," said punter Desi Cullen, a team captain said during an afternoon news conference. "And we will do what it takes to not get through this, but to grow from it." UConn Police Major Ronald Blicher said this is the first homicide at the university in the over 30 years he has been associated with the school. Blicher said Howard was stabbed following a fight between two groups that included students and non-students, which broke out just after a fire alarm went off in the student center, forcing the evacuation of about 300 people. Police had cordoned off the crime scene near the university's Gampel Pavilion basketball arena. "Certainly not all 300 saw this event," Blicher said. "We have been actively interviewing people through the night and day, and we continue to seek anybody who might have information." Police were trying to determine whether the alarm and the fight were related. About 40 officers from the UConn police and state police major crime squad were working on the case. Howard and the other student who was stabbed were taken by ambulance to Windham Community Memorial Hospital, where the other victim was treated and released. Howard was later airlifted by helicopter to Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, where he died from his injuries. Edsall drove to the hospital Sunday morning and was asked to identify Howard's body. "One of my sons has been taken away," the coach said. University President Michael Hogan told The Associated Press the stabbing is a tragedy for the entire university community. "I was in the locker room after the game yesterday. It was such a joyous moment," Hogan said. "To go from that game and such a victory to the developments at 12:30 last night is such a tragedy." Howard made a key move in Saturday's game, forcing a fumble just as Louisville was about to score. The Huskies were up 21-13 at the time. They beat the Cardinals 38-25. Following the game, Howard, who led the Big East in punt returns last season, talked to the AP about the play. "I felt my hand go on the ball and I felt that I had a chance to get it out. I just stripped it out. It was a big play. We needed it," he said. The school was arranging for Howard's parents to come to Connecticut. The junior also had two teenage sisters. Gov. M. Jodi Rell visited the campus Sunday to offer her condolences and any assistance the university might need. Edsall said the team will not practice until Tuesday, but plans on playing next Saturday at West Virginia. He said they would wear some remembrance of Howard, and would plan a more permanent memorial at the team's training center. "The Howard family will get through this, as well as the UConn family," Edsall said. "Because we are determined and we are willing to make sure that Jazz will be honored in the right way, and how we do things is what he'll be expecting out of all of us." Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press Thought this warranted its on thread, instead of being lumped into the general NCAA thread where I orginially posted it.  Thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and teammates. Sad and senseless. Hope they find who killed him soon.
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| The Sandman | Oct 18 2009, 06:33 PM Post #2 |
A Bundy never wins, but a Bundy never quits.
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^Agreed with those sentiments. I would say you'd never expect this kind of thing at UCONN, but who would've expected the two incidents at VT or the one at Northern Illinois either? |
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