California freeway shooting leaves former college basketball star dead

A capturing on Oakland California’s Interstate 880 has left former Cal Berkeley basketball star Gene Ransom lifeless, in accordance with native media reviews. 

The Oakland Fireplace Division says {that a} witness referred to as 911 Friday evening after she noticed a automotive veering on the interstate and advised dispatchers she believed the motive force had a medical emergency. The California Freeway Patrol arrived on the scene and decided that the motive force, 65-year-old Gene Ransom, was struck by gunfire earlier than crashing his automotive, in accordance with ABC 7 Information.

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A suspect, 25-year-old Juan Angel Garcia of San Francisco, has been arrested as a suspect within the capturing, ABC 7 Information reported Saturday morning. A doable motive for the capturing continues to be unknown.

Associates of Ransom advised NBC Bay Space that he was the sufferer of the capturing and his highschool, Berkeley Excessive, posted a tribute to him on Twitter. 

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Ransom is maybe finest identified for enjoying over 63 minutes in a single sport and scoring 36 factors in a five-overtime win in opposition to Oregon in 1977. Ransom performed basketball at Cal from 1975-1978 totaling over 1,100 factors and averaging 14.8 factors over 80 video games. He began all three seasons at Cal earlier than being chosen within the ninth spherical of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

 

Ransom by no means performed in an NBA sport and was inducted into the Cal Athletic Corridor of Fame in 2001.

“We’re shocked to listen to the reviews that Cal Athletics Corridor of Famer Gene Ransom has been recognized as a sufferer in a lethal freeway capturing,” Cal Berkeley stated in an announcement. “Our ideas are with Gene’s household and buddies for this tragic loss. Gene was one of many best gamers in our males’s basketball program’s historical past, and he will likely be significantly missed.”