College Bound Sanderson HS Basketball Star Desmond Jenkins Shot Dead In Raleigh Friday Night

RALEIGH, NC. (THECOUNT) — Desmond Myles Jenkins, who was a star basketball player during his time at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, was killed in a shooting in Raleigh late Friday night, according to reports.

Jenkins, 18, had recently been recruited to play at a North Carolina area college.

Jenkins died after he was shot just after 11:40 p.m. Friday, sources said.

Jenkins played basketball and was a standout on the team at Sanderson, according to his high school coach Brian Shaffer.

“His smile, laugh and spirit would light up a room. I will always remember the pride he had and his love for Sanderson,” Shaffer wrote on Twitter. “He truly was a great human being. Thank you Dez for all that you taught me,” reports WNCT.

The Friday night shooting occurred in north Raleigh in the 9400 block of Prince George Lane, according to police.

Jenkins was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of gunshot injuries.

According to the head basketball coach of Vance-Granville Community College, Jenkins was set to attend the college in just weeks.

“Please pray for the family of Desmond Jenkins,” Gregory E. Ackles Jr. wrote on Twitter. “He was one of our incoming freshman who was murdered last night in Raleigh. Just in disbelief.”

The college has fall semester classes beginning as soon as August 19.

Ackles also tweeted a photo of Jenkins in a Vance-Granville Community College basketball shirt at a table with the college logo in the backdrop.

Homicide detectives are searching for a black Chevrolet Avalanche with chrome rims, which was seen in the area. The vehicle may have a star decal in the rear window.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with possible information on the tragic shooting should contact police at 911.

Geo quick facts: Raleigh is the capital city of North Carolina. It’s known for its universities, including North Carolina State University. The number of technology and scholarly institutions around Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham make the area known as the Research Triangle. The North Carolina State Capitol is a 19th-century Greek Revival–style building with a statue of George Washington dressed as a Roman general in its rotunda – wikipedia.