Vernon Forrest
Pro boxer Vernon Forrest’s, 38, life was cut short during a robbery gone awry in southwest Atlanta on July 25, 2009. Atlanta Police officers arrested Jquante Crews, 25, DeMario Ware, 20, and Charman Sinkfield, 30 a month after the fatal incident.
Forrest stopped at a convenience store just after 11 p.m. to fill the air in the tires of his Jaguar. While a young boy with him — a friend’s son — went into the store, police said Ware approached, gun drawn, and demanded Forrest’s watch and custom diamond ring.
Forrest pulled his own gun and began chasing Ware, shooting at the 20-year-old. When Ware escaped, Forrest encountered Sinkfield near the corner of Fulton and McDaniel streets, the two talked, and the boxer turned to walk away, said police.
That’s when police said Sinkfield shot Forrest in the back seven or eight times.
Forrest left behind a young son, Vernon Jr., a cache of three major boxing titles and a legacy of charitable works in a sport not known for its good citizenship.
