Miami Coach Loses Nephew in Shooting: Miami coach Frank Haith’s nephew Sean Bell was shot and killed by an undercover police officer in Queens, N.Y., Nov. 24. Haith found out the following morning but did not disclose his relationship with Bell to anyone until after the team’s game against Lafayette. “We’re all very devastated,” Haith said. “He was just about to start a new chapter in his life. He has two kids. He was getting married. We’re all truly saddened by what happened.”
Bell was to be married the next day, but Haith was not planning on attending because of the team’s schedule. He will attend the funeral Friday in New York, but he will return for the Hurricanes’ game against Georgia Tech Sunday.
Bell and his friends were leaving his bachelor party and allegedly struck an officer and police van. An investigation is under way because of the nature in which the undercover police officers handled the situation. They fired a supposed 50 or more gunshots at Bell and his friends, killing Bell and injuring the other men.
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