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Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr.’s decease was confirmed Nov. 29, according to NBC News, 2 days aft the schoolhouse issued a retraction for prematurely announcing his passing.
By Will Reid Nov 30, 2024 1:09 AMTags
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A assemblage shot prima has met a tragic fate.
Weeks aft sustaining a caput wounded during a shot game, Alabama A&M Bulldogs subordinate Medrick Burnett Jr. was pronounced dormant Nov. 27, Jefferson County deputy coroner AJ Clifton confirmed to NBC News Nov. 29. Clifton did not elaborate connected the linebacker’s origin of death, according to the outlet.
The 20-year-old jock sustained a caput wounded Oct. 26 during a shot crippled against Alabama State University successful the Magic City Classic, NBC News reported.
“He had respective encephalon bleeds and swelling of the brain,” Burnett’s sister Dominece James explained connected a GoFundMe leafage created to enactment his recovery. “He had to person a conduit to drain to relieve the pressure, and aft 2 days of terrible pressure, we had to opt for a craniotomy, which was the past edifice to assistance effort to prevention his life.”
Two days earlier Burnett’s passing was confirmed, the assemblage mistakenly released a connection connected their website saying helium had died, citing an “immediate household member” who had informed the module of his death.
“Medrick was much than an exceptional athlete,” Alabama A&M athletics director Dr. Paul A. Bryant said successful the Nov. 27 statement. “He was a singular young antheral whose affirmative energy, enactment and compassion near an indelible people connected everyone who knew him. While words cannot adequately explicit our grief, we are humbled by the spot of his family, who stood by his broadside passim this unimaginable ordeal.”
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Hours later, the connection was deleted and the schoolhouse issued a retraction.
“Our unit acted accordingly to the wishes of the household subordinate to pass the A&M assemblage and beyond of this unfortunate occurrence,” the schoolhouse said, per ESPN. “Upon proceeding from a typical from UAB Hospital this afternoon, we learned that helium remains alive. We explicit our contiguous regret for disseminating mendacious information.”
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