Tragic news of an apparent robbery attempt that led to the murder of Howard University senior Omar Sykes, age 22.
The Washington Post reports:
Sykes, a 22-year-old rising senior and business marketing major at Howard University, was shot and killed Thursday night just outside the college’s Northwest Washington campus in what police said was a random robbery attempt. A second student was struck with a handgun and is recovering…
“Just to think something like this could happen is just unheard of,” said Lance Coleman, a 22-year-old Howard student and a close friend of Sykes’s. “He was probably the most well-liked guy in my life. He was always about helping people. . . . The world just lost someone pretty amazing.”
…The Thursday night shooting comes several months after Howard University police said they had documented a small spike in violent crime, including a series of armed robberies, thefts and assaults, on and around the university’s campus.
No report of an arrest yet in the case. Read the full story here.
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