Tyreke Evans sued over shooting death

[fahkin]

Evans sued over shooting death

PHILADELPHIA -- Sacramento Kings rookie Tyreke Evans is being sued over a fatal shooting committed by a teen cousin in his vehicle.

Evans is among four people being sued over the November 2007 drive-by shooting near his home in Chester, just south of Philadelphia.

Jamar Evans is serving a nine- to 20-year prison term after admitting he fired out the passenger-side door and killed 19-year-old Marcus Reason. Jamar Evans was 16 at the time.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4840237

It is on the wiretap as well. Will this be a distraction for Evans? Hopefully not.

[khoffman3113]

This has been coming for a long time. Don't see it being a thing to effect his game.

[fahkin]

This has been coming for a long time. Don't see it being a thing to effect his game.

Even if it has been a long time coming, for a rook this is going to be a test of his ability to keep his personal issues from affecting his work habits/performance. As a pro athlete, drama will follow them around, so i hope he can keep his momentum and focus on his basketball without a slowdown. He seems like he is running on all cylinders and it wouldn't be unlikely for the rookie to hit the wall anyways at this point of the season - especially with the pt he gets.

[alucryts]

wow... didnt see this coming... just lost all respect for him from this... i had no idea this happened...

[darkadun]

wow... didnt see this coming... just lost all respect for him from this... i had no idea this happened...

He didn't have much to do with it truthfully. After investigating the police never charged him with anything, and he was not named in the criminal suit. The Maloofs and Petrie investigated this, as well as talked with him about it and didn't feel it was a issue.

Suddenly he gets some money and publicity and he gets sued? That says it all right there IMO.
All I know is that if someone in my family was killed, I wouldn't be seeking money, I'd want them in jail.

[alucryts]

yea, i just read the article about it. for those who want it: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking ... oting.html

i dunno..... i understand why he wasn't tried or anything, but his name isn't totally clear.... i can't hold it against him if theres nothing really proving it either way.... the biggest thing will be him staying totally out of trouble and until he does something else you just gotta let this fly i guess.

[ICMTM]

The story was he didn't know his cousin was going to shoot a person. He did what the police asked of him. As sad as the incident is this isn't new news. We talked about this BEFORE he was even drafted by the Kings.

[Karma_Engineer]

wow... didnt see this coming... just lost all respect for him from this... i had no idea this happened...

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[ICMTM]

yea, i just read the article about it. for those who want it: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking ... oting.html

i dunno..... i understand why he wasn't tried or anything, but his name isn't totally clear.... i can't hold it against him if theres nothing really proving it either way.... the biggest thing will be him staying totally out of trouble and until he does something else you just gotta let this fly i guess.

If you read up on it the media articles this shooting wasn't planned nor did Reke know it "was going down." He, from the account I read, was picking his cousin up and going home. His cousin then shot someone.

http://delcotimes.com/articles/2008/02/ ... 993067.txt

http://delcotimes.com/articles/2007/12/ ... 995734.txt

indeed SAD! There's the information. You decide what to make of it.

[cuad]

The Marcus Reason family just had to wait until after Evans signed a multi-million dollar deal to sue.

[RoyalCourtJestr]

The reactions to this are really. really sad.

First off, this was news before the draft. The only difference now is the family has disided to press charges against Evans now that he has dough.

Second - how many people here have actually, you know, read the story? I think most of you just looked at the title and freaked out.

Tyreke cooperated with the authorities. He tesitified against his cousin in court. Through the furtest extend of the law, authorities couldn't find anything that would point to Tyreke having anything to do with the murder.

Honestly, the only reason this is making news is because of Gilberts' gun problems.

How about you guys read the facts before you start scewing the kid? Nothing here for the Kings or Tyreke to be worried about, at all.

[AnDrOiDKing4]

Buck fans feel offended for some reason. Maybe they think Jennings will get back in the ROY race with this.

[OGSactownballer]

Welcome to the world. Let's see, the fam (read: estranged crackhead dad who's sees $$$$$) goes to a lawyer. Lawyer talks them up because he sees a kid with money to go after. There will be a settlement with a gag order which will be violated in da hood and the family will end up being counter-sued for everything they own, don't own and might someday own by a COMPETENT ATTORNEY that Tyreke's agent directs him to hire.

Case closed.

Now the stupid people can go on to attacking other teams' players' over past nonsense.

[alucryts]

http://slumz.boxden.com/f16/basketball-star-tyreke-evans-driving-suv-during-shooting-not-good-look-tyreke-1022425/

this link is a lot more detailed in what happened. these statements really put the question in my mind "how the heck can you be so close to your brothers/cousins whatever, be staring out the window at the guy they shot not too much longer, see your cousin put a gun into his waistband, and have NO idea what is going on?"

then on the other hand, the police didn't find anything wrong and he co operated and these people took how long to sue?

the question i really would like answered is was tyreke evans not charged with anything because the police felt he was innocent or not guilty?

like i said before, if he does nothing else in his career, i guess this is a non story. the second he does something this is going to be a s*** storm

[Wolfay]

Bottom line, Tyreke was never even charged with anything, at all. The only people who seem to have a problem with this are people who have some personal vendetta against Tyreke, like Milwaukee fans because their boy Jennings can't hit a basket to save his life.

Thank God in this country you're innocent until proven guilty.

[azuresou1]

Actually, I'm a Hawks fan who came here to see if there was a game thread yet, saw this topic, and finds it a little questionable that he had NO idea what was going down.

Reke must have terrible EQ if he couldn't sense some **** was about to go down with his cousin, of all people.

[fahkin]

Welcome to the world. Let's see, the fam (read: estranged crackhead dad who's sees $$$$$) goes to a lawyer. Lawyer talks them up because he sees a kid with money to go after. There will be a settlement with a gag order which will be violated in da hood and the family will end up being counter-sued for everything they own, don't own and might someday own by a COMPETENT ATTORNEY that Tyreke's agent directs him to hire.

Case closed.

Now the stupid people can go on to attacking other teams' players' over past nonsense.

That is one of the downfalls to the American justice system. It is a legal form of extortion.

The reactions to this are really. really sad.

First off, this was news before the draft. The only difference now is the family has disided to press charges against Evans now that he has dough.

Second - how many people here have actually, you know, read the story? I think most of you just looked at the title and freaked out.

Tyreke cooperated with the authorities. He tesitified against his cousin in court. Through the furtest extend of the law, authorities couldn't find anything that would point to Tyreke having anything to do with the murder.

Honestly, the only reason this is making news is because of Gilberts' gun problems.

How about you guys read the facts before you start scewing the kid? Nothing here for the Kings or Tyreke to be worried about, at all.

I disagree, I think this would still make the news without the existence of Gilbert gun toting. This is the way the media works; they like the controversy, even if there isn't any.

I, for one, didn't know about this story before this lawsuit came out. If he was being charged this would be a complete different story/issue. I am wondering if he can get through the negativity, whether it is justified or not, and keep on performing at a high level.

The Marcus Reason family just had to wait until after Evans signed a multi-million dollar deal to sue.

Mo' money mo' problems.

wow... didnt see this coming... just lost all respect for him from this... i had no idea this happened...

Read the article. The facts, as laid out, should not allow anyone to lose respect for him. In fact, he did his part by cooperating.

[horaceworthy]

wow... didnt see this coming... just lost all respect for him from this... i had no idea this happened...

He didn't have much to do with it truthfully. After investigating the police never charged him with anything, and he was not named in the criminal suit. The Maloofs and Petrie investigated this, as well as talked with him about it and didn't feel it was a issue.

Suddenly he gets some money and publicity and he gets sued? That says it all right there IMO.
All I know is that if someone in my family was killed, I wouldn't be seeking money, I'd want them in jail.

Evans has been getting "some publicity" for awhile now, garnering significant national attention since he was 16 years old, I believe.

Jamar Evans is in jail. He was convicted in January of '09 according to the posted articles. I'm not a legal expert, but civil suits like this usually usually take some time to put together, and can't be put together until the criminal trial is over (anybody with more knowledge of how this works feel free to correct me/elaborate). The timing seems pretty normal to me, since the wheels of justice don't move all that quickly.

If the amount they're seeking is within spitting distance of the reported $50,000, then it seems unlikely to me that this is a money grab. There could be hospital or legal fees for the family stemming from the murder of their family member that they're trying to cover. Everyone in the car is named in the suit, Tyreke isn't being singled out (although common sense says the money would be coming from his bank account).

From everything I've read, this wasn't Tyreke's fault, but it's sad to see that the Reason family is being painted as anything other than victims by some. Their family member was murdered, and even though he cooperated with the police, fact of the matter is that Tyreke was behind the wheel of the getaway car.

[RoyalCourtJestr]

Actually, I'm a Hawks fan who came here to see if there was a game thread yet, saw this topic, and finds it a little questionable that he had NO idea what was going down.

Reke must have terrible EQ if he couldn't sense some **** was about to go down with his cousin, of all people.

Oh yeah, because sitting in front of his Aunts house, while waiting for his cousin, totally means something was going down. Yeah, and he totally should have none the guy (eventually, the VICTUM)would come running at them shooting. Totally, Tyreke knew exactly what was going on.

And horaceworthy - how was it a getaway car? He was sitting in front of his Aunts house, when the guy (Reason) comes poping his gun, and Tyreke drives away. I guess, people wouldn't have been mad if he'd sat still? He did testify against his cousin, he cooperated with the police, but I guess... he shoulda just sat there when someone shot at them?

[ICMTM]

wow... didnt see this coming... just lost all respect for him from this... i had no idea this happened...

He didn't have much to do with it truthfully. After investigating the police never charged him with anything, and he was not named in the criminal suit. The Maloofs and Petrie investigated this, as well as talked with him about it and didn't feel it was a issue.

Suddenly he gets some money and publicity and he gets sued? That says it all right there IMO.
All I know is that if someone in my family was killed, I wouldn't be seeking money, I'd want them in jail.

Evans has been getting "some publicity" for awhile now, garnering significant national attention since he was 16 years old, I believe.

Jamar Evans is in jail. He was convicted in January of '09 according to the posted articles. I'm not a legal expert, but civil suits like this usually usually take some time to put together, and can't be put together until the criminal trial is over (anybody with more knowledge of how this works feel free to correct me/elaborate). The timing seems pretty normal to me, since the wheels of justice don't move all that quickly.

If the amount they're seeking is within spitting distance of the reported $50,000, then it seems unlikely to me that this is a money grab. There could be hospital or legal fees for the family stemming from the murder of their family member that they're trying to cover. Everyone in the car is named in the suit, Tyreke isn't being singled out (although common sense says the money would be coming from his bank account).

From everything I've read, this wasn't Tyreke's fault, but it's sad to see that the Reason family is being painted as anything other than victims by some. Their family member was murdered, and even though he cooperated with the police, fact of the matter is that Tyreke was behind the wheel of the getaway car.

I think Tyreke is guilty of being in the wrong place at the wrong time for sure! I don't think he's guilty of murder, or accessory to murder based on what news is out there. I just have a hard time believing that he'd be innocent in a civil suit.

@ alucryts if you feel he's guilty then what more is there to discuss?