Crime & Safety
Report: Former Fairfield U Basketball Player Killed in Philadelphia
Rich Flemming, 24, was reportedly shot multiple times Sunday. A suspect has been charged in connection to Flemming's death.
A former Fairfield University basketball player was shot and killed in Philadelphia on Sunday, the Fairfield Minuteman reports.
Rich Flemming, 24, was shot multiple times just before 6 p.m. on Sunday, according to the report. He was pronounced dead that night at Temple University Medical Center.
A 22-year-old suspect was charged with murder in connection to the death, according to the Minuteman.
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Flemming played in 25 games at Fairfield University as a forward in 2006-2007 before transferring to the University of Maryland at Baltimore County.
This comes just over a year after former Sacred Heart University basketball player Chauncey Hardy died in Romania in 2011 after he sustained injuries in a bar attack.
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For more, read the Fairfield Minuteman report.
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