damn, didn't something like this happen to Akeem Wright's brother? anyway, here is the story about his brother getting killed.
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Man shot and killed in Burke
By: James Cullum
12/13/2006
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On Sunday at approximately 10 p.m., 24-year-old Orator "Jose" Wesley Hall was shot and killed by an acquaintance during an alcohol-fueled argument in the 6000 block of Old Blacksmith Drive.
A 19-year-old friend then drove Hall away from the scene, according to Fairfax County Police. Hall later died in the parking lot of the Glory Days restaurant on Old Keene Mill Road. A suspect has been identified, and charges are pending until his apprehension, police said.
Hall lived in Fairfax with his mother, one of his brothers, his sister and her fiance.
Hall's brother Olu, 22, gained acclaim for both his talent on the football field at Robinson Secondary School and now as a defensive end for the University of Virginia. Hall's other brother, Malcolm, 19, is also a football star at Robinson.
"He was a cool cat. He was my brother, and I loved him," said Olu, who has been home from school since his brother's death.
Bonnie Hall said she has spent the last two days on the phone, talking with her pastor and making funeral arrangements and other key phone calls.
Monday, the 19-year-old driver came to the Hall residence and tearfully told the entire family what happened that night. Bonnie Hall said she was told everyone involved had been drinking and that the alleged shooter is someone the family knows.
"[The driver] had tears in his eyes when he talked to us, and he said, 'It shoulda' been me. He had a family that loved him,'" Bonnie Hall recalled. "I said, 'Come on now, you got a chance to get your life straight. Don't let his livin' or dying be in vain. Use it.'"
Bonnie Hall said her son had a history with alcohol stemming from the untimely death of the family patriarch, Orator Hall, in 1993. Jose's alcohol abuse resulted in an early discharge from the Army. He had an arrest for driving under the influence and sought counseling at A New Beginning, an alcohol and drug treatment center in Chantilly, and was going to try out for a college team in Minnesota next week, his mother said.
"You kind of get angry and can't understand why God took him. But his battle with alcohol is over, and his soul has gone over to Christ," Bonnie Hall said.
Hall said that the funeral service will be held at the First Baptist Church of Vienna, but that the date has not been set.
Fairfax County Police spokesman Mary Mulrennan said police are investigating whether the killing was drug-related, but Hall's family has taken issue with that point, as well as questioning police protocols that they say have not been followed correctly since the murder.
Bonnie Hall found out about her son's death when the driver's girlfriend came to her house at 3:45 a.m. Bonnie Hall then called the detective and went to the West Springfield District Police Station, she said, but was not allowed to see her son's body. She also said Tuesday that detectives are not returning her calls.
