It saddens us to report the death of Vernon Forrest, former two-division world boxing champ and Atlanta resident. On July 25, the boxer was murdered in an attempted carjacking.


According to ESPN, WSB Radio in Atlanta first reported the shooting, citing a police spokesman. Forrest, who was 38, lived in Atlanta and was an Augusta, Ga., native. He was shot seven or eight times as he chased at least two men who had tried to steal his Jaguar as he put air in his tires at an Atlanta gas station, Lt. Keith Meadows said, according to the radio station.

But Forrest had a gun and confronted the men, police said.

“The victim and suspect became involved in a brief foot chase,” Meadows said. “At some point, gunfire was exchanged between the two of them. The victim was shot at least once in the head.”

Forrest was fatally wounded by two semi-automatic weapons, according to police. “At this point we have a general description of at least two black males driving a red Monte Carlo,” Meadows said, according to the report.

Police said the suspects likely didn’t know Forrest, whose girlfriend’s young son was in the car when he was shot.

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STACKS Magazine would like to send our condolensces to the family and friends of Vernon Forrest. May he rest in peace.