Angels prospect Ryan Bolden shot to death

[mabrowndog]

Yet another tragedy for the Anaheim franchise.
 

 
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- Former Madison (MS) Central High School baseball player and MLB first-round pick Ryan Bolden was shot and killed at a College Park apartment complex Wednesday.
 
Bolden was killed at the Lakeside Reserve Apartments on Lakemont Drive, in an incident that began with children fighting over candy. Violence erupted when adults became involved.
 
College Park Police Master Sgt. Jeff Hightower said Bolden was hit in the chest. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died.
 
The shooter has been identified, but his name has not yet been released.

 

 
Drafted as the 40th overall pick by the Los Angeles Angels in 2010, Bolden had a nagging back injury that forced him away from the game in 2013, though his friends said he was healthy and set to return next season.

 

 

[mwonow]

Good god. That's awful. T&P for Bolden's family - also, for kids who live in an apartment complex where fights over candy escalate into shooting deaths.

 

[Yaz4Ever]

WTF??  This started over kids fighting over candy?  That is incredibly tragic.

 

[LogansDad]

Candy: More important than human lives.
 
Got it.
 
Hopefully those kids get out of there safely someday.  Thoughts and prayers to Ryan's friends and family.  Just an awful situation.