Justin Berton,Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writers
A former San Francisco prep football star who held numerous
public-school rushing records in the city has died after being shot in
the Bayview District, authorities said Tuesday.
David Henderson, 21, was removed from life support Monday night at
San Francisco General Hospital, where he had been treated since being
paralyzed from the neck down in the May 26 shooting on the 1400 block of
Kirkwood Avenue, friends said.
No arrests have been made, and police said they do not have a description of the killer.
Henderson was a standout football player at Lincoln High School,
where he graduated in 2008. He holds San Francisco public school records
for career and single-season yards, yards rushing in a single game,
career touchdowns and single-season touchdowns, and was The Chronicle's
Metro Player of the Year in 2007.
Henderson struggled academically, however, and had difficulty
escaping the environment in which he grew up, said friends and former
coaches. Recently he had been playing for a semi-pro team in
Pacifica."People on the streets were always trying to pull and tug at
him, and it was always a struggle as to which side was going to win
out," said George Rush, who coached Henderson for two seasons at City
College of San Francisco. "David had burdens to carry. He was not a
perfect person, nor are any of us. But he was a perfect athlete."
Henderson grew up near Candlestick Park and showed a passion for
sports early on. In addition to football, he starred in the 100-meter
dash in track at Lincoln and made the California state finals his senior
year.
Posted by Steve Sinai
3 comments:
From my view "take the damn guns off the streets", and send-in the national guard to break-up the gangs while we're is at it. This may not be a popular view, particularly with those who promote the mantra "guns don't kill, people kill." Yea, well people get dead. Henderson, age 21, did not have an opportunity to live-out this adult life. This is another gun related tragedy.
Sad condolences to his friends and family.
2nd amendment aside, this is so sad and an outrage
for the community. A young man with promise, not perfect, but a loving son and an honorable competitor. Shot in the back of the head, mid-day in the Bayview in a city that prides itself on its humanity and social justice. In San Jose a 3 month old baby strapped in his car seat shot and killed by some gang banger. These are crimes against all of us. What is to become of us?
In NY Central Park a person was mugged and beaten senseless with a metal water bottle, he is in a coma. A Mob of Black Youths attacked him. I am starting a ban on all water bottles. Water bottles kill.
Aside from that, this is another of many tragic stories. Our black communities are in trouble and the unemployment rate for blacks remains steadily at 16%. Black Youth Uprisings , mostly in Chicago, mobs attacking innocent people, stores, children, animals. Their parents are stressed to the end with no relief in site. Guns, Metal Water Bottles, Sticks and Stones, does not matter, but what is in the heart of these young people and why are they hurting so much, especially, as of late.
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