High School basketball star shot: R.I.P. Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy

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Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 2:20pm EDT

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Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy, an 18-year-old prep star from New York City died Sunday morning from a gunshot wound to the head according to news reports. Her family told the New York Daily News that it was a case of mistaken identity and that Murphy pleaded for her life before she was shot.

From the NY Daily News:

Murphy had been hanging out with her mother and brother outside the housing project when neighbors got rowdy, witnesses said. Murphy was chased into the building when a scuffle broke out.

Witnesses said they believe Murphy, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, was mistaken for a boy who had earlier fought with a group of men from a nearby housing project.

The group of men involved in the scuffle confronted Murphy on the fourth floor of the building and a gun went off several times.

Murphy was ranked No. 16 on the ESPN Hoopgurlz list of the nation’s best point guards for the class of 2012.

Tayshana Murphy, teenage basketball star, gunned down in case of mistaken identity: family (New York Daily News)
Tayshana Murphy Hoopgurlz Profile (espn.com)

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High School basketball star shot: R.I.P. Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy

HS basketball star Tayshana Murphy shot and killed

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