PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man has been charged in the death of a former New Jersey high school football star who was shot following a fistfight on a Philadelphia street a week ago.
Police said Monday that Anthony Nieves, 22, has been charged with murder, aggravated and simple assault, reckless endangerment and weapons crimes.
Authorities said Zaire Williams, 25, of West Deptford, New Jersey, was shot in the head early March 2 just blocks away from Temple University, where he had played football before transferring to the University of Maine. He had been a star running back at Timber Creek High School in Sicklerville, New Jersey.
Williams was driven to a hospital in a private car and was pronounced dead there a short time later. Authorities have not said what prompted the fight.
Court documents don’t list an attorney for Nieves and a listed number for him couldn’t be found Monday.
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