Lavelle Felton

Lavelle Felton

Felton in an undated photo
Personal information
Born	(1979-10-05)October 5, 1979 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died	August 13, 2009(2009-08-13) (aged 29) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school	Madison (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
College	Chipola JC (1999–2001) Louisiana Tech (2001–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2009
Position	Guard
Career history
2003–2005	Büyük Kolej
2005–2006	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2006	ASVEL Villeurbanne
2006–2007	AEK Athens
2007–2008	Science City Jena
2008–2009	Paderborn Baskets

Lavelle R Felton (October 5, 1979 – August 13, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. In 2009, he was killed in an unsolved shooting.

Amateur career

Nicknamed "Velle" or "Romie", he had played in Madison High School in Milwaukee and then played college basketball with the Louisiana Tech University's Bulldogs where he averaged 13.7 points and 5.1 rebounds a game in 2002–03.

Professional career

He started his professional basketball career in the Turkish Basketball League's Büyük Kolej for two years, before moving on to Greece and France and finally landing in Germany playing for Paderborn Baskets club in the German Basketball Bundesliga. Averaging 10.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in the 2008-09 season, Felton helped the club successfully reach the playoffs.

Death and involvement

On August 12, 2009, Felton was seriously wounded by an unknown gunman while in the driver seat of his car, about to depart from a Milwaukee gas station around 2 am local time. Felton died of his wounds one day later. He was survived by a five-year-old stepson, a four-year-old son, and a two-year-old daughter with his girlfriend. Two months later, a different well-known former high school basketball player, 22 year-old Querronaceosam "Querro" Evans, was killed at the same gas station.

See also

• List of basketball players who died during their careers
• List of unsolved murders