Story about another (nice guy) white man murdered by Negro in robbery attempt.Here we go again with the quotes about how great theyouth was.
[url]http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article75409 3.ece[/url]
Teacher, teenager killed in shootout
SEFFNER  Sean Ellenberger of St. Petersburg was a 39-year-old teacher, a techie and a science and politics buff who dreamed of having a wife and family.
He had little in common with Titus Hill, 19, of Seffner, an aspiring college student who dreamed of becoming a rap star.
Late Friday night, they shot each other to death in a midnight gun battle in a working-class suburban neighborhood.
The shooting erupted as Hill and an accomplice tried to rob Ellenberger outside the home of Bob Mess, 48, a longtime friend who had just installed a new stereo in Ellenberger's Jeep Cherokee, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. (snip)
Hill, whose mom works for Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean, had no criminal record.
"He didn't break into homes and steal cars," said Hill's grieving mother, Yorlanda Green. "He was a son everybody would want to have."
Green welcomes most visitors to Bean's office, and Bean knew Titus Hill. "You'd walk over and kind of hug him, and he'd smile," Bean said. "He was a nice young man." (snip)
Sean Ellenberger and Bob Mess were pals since 1989, when they were volunteer bus drivers for St. Petersburg's Northside Church of Christ. Each Sunday, they rounded up churchgoers who were too old, or too young, to drive.
"We went into a lot of neighborhoods and picked up a lot of poor kids," Mess said.
[url]http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article75409 3.ece[/url]
Teacher, teenager killed in shootout
SEFFNER  Sean Ellenberger of St. Petersburg was a 39-year-old teacher, a techie and a science and politics buff who dreamed of having a wife and family.
He had little in common with Titus Hill, 19, of Seffner, an aspiring college student who dreamed of becoming a rap star.
Late Friday night, they shot each other to death in a midnight gun battle in a working-class suburban neighborhood.
The shooting erupted as Hill and an accomplice tried to rob Ellenberger outside the home of Bob Mess, 48, a longtime friend who had just installed a new stereo in Ellenberger's Jeep Cherokee, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. (snip)
Hill, whose mom works for Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean, had no criminal record.
"He didn't break into homes and steal cars," said Hill's grieving mother, Yorlanda Green. "He was a son everybody would want to have."
Green welcomes most visitors to Bean's office, and Bean knew Titus Hill. "You'd walk over and kind of hug him, and he'd smile," Bean said. "He was a nice young man." (snip)
Sean Ellenberger and Bob Mess were pals since 1989, when they were volunteer bus drivers for St. Petersburg's Northside Church of Christ. Each Sunday, they rounded up churchgoers who were too old, or too young, to drive.
"We went into a lot of neighborhoods and picked up a lot of poor kids," Mess said.