HICKORY, N.C. — A memorial was held Monday morning for a Lenoir-Rhyne University football player who was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning in Hickory.
The family did not allow the media to attend the memorial in the PE Monroe Auditorium on campus.
Officers responded to a shots fired call along 17th Avenue Northeast near Good Shepard Church in Hickory just before 1 a.m. Saturday.
Omari Drovon Alexander, 19, was found in the driver's seat of a black 2015 Chevrolet Camaro with the engine running, police said. Police said he had with multiple gunshot wounds.
Paramedics pronounced Alexander dead at the scene.
Lenoir-Rhyne said Alexander was a sophomore from Concord, North Carolina, and a member of the university's football team.
”Omari was a special young man who had a bright future. He will always be remembered fondly by his teammates and the LR community,” Kim Pate, vice president for athletics for Lenoir-Rhyne, said in a statement.
Alexander was also a graduate of Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, according to Lenoir-Rhyne.