High School Varsity Athlete, 17, Dead After Unsolved Mystery Homicide

A high school football star is dead after a tragic killing.

Gerald Andre Lomax, Jr., 17, was shot inside a vehicle as he left a high school basketball game Nov. 12, and passed away from his injuries the following day, according to a series of Birmingham Police Department press releases obtained by E! News.

Birmingham, Ala. police responded to a call of a person shot around 9:50 p.m. local time. When authorities arrived, Lomax—a varsity football and basketball player at P.D. Jackson-Olin High School—was found unresponsive and taken to UAB Hospital with an apparent gunshot wound.

Prior to the incident, the teen “was involved in a verbal altercation while leaving a basketball game,” according to the police department’s preliminary investigation. As he and a friend attempted to leave, an unidentified gunman fired “multiple shots” into their vehicle and struck Lomax, leading his friend to drive to nearby Woodlawn High School for help, according to the press releases.