Former college football player reportedly killed in July 4th shooting
By Keith Farner
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A former college football player was killed on Monday in a shooting in Sacramento, California.
The news was shared by DeMarcus Lawrence, a former teammate, and KTVZ.
Greg Najee Grimes, a former Boise State defensive lineman, was identified as a victim in an early-morning shooting. Grimes attended Inderkum High School in the Natomas area of Sacramento, where he played football, his family said. He then went to Boise State on scholarship before returning to Inderkum to work as an assistant football coach and teacher.
“We are saddened by the news of the passing of Greg Grimes. Our heartfelt thoughts are with his family and friends, and all the individuals he connected with through his work at Inderkum High School,” the Natomas Unified School District said in a statement. “We want people to know what many have lost today. A friend, a coach, a teacher, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin, a son and most importantly and father,” his family said in a statement Monday morning.
The only details of the incident are that the shooting happened around 2 a.m. near a nightclub in the area of 15th and L streets, police said. Four others were injured in the shooting.
We lost my brother Greg Grimes this past weekend to an act of senseless gun violence. My family and I hurt for his family and son Ace, for his friends & former teammates, & especially for the young men he no longer gets to mentor like he mentored me when I got to Boise. pic.twitter.com/OG4ZVuFaxb
— DeMarcus Lawrence (@TankLawrence) July 5, 2022
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
