Tyreke Evans and "The Shooting"

It has been the talk of the colege recruiting basketball community and of the social problems that seem to plague city kids.

Here is what has hapened. Tyreke Evans, arguably the best college basketball prospect this year and being recruited by Louisville, Memphis, Villanova, Texas and Connecticut, has been considered a witness to the shooting death of 19-year-old Marcus Reason. It seems that Tyreke's cousin allegedly shot Marcus from the back seat of an SUV that Tyreke was driving.
Evans' cousin turned himself into Chester Township authorities on Dec. 22 to face charges of first and third degree murder. Police say that Tyreke drove his cousin away from the scene in his SUV, but it is not believed that he will be charged with a crime. Tyreke only came forward in the case after his SUV was identified by police. His story is that he did not know that his cousin had a gun or that he planned to shoot someone. He started drivign away and heard the shot and then others in the car screamed go, go! So he drove away.

It appears that prosecutors are not planning to file any charges against Tyreke in the matter, and college coaches are still heavily recruiting him. The famiuly is concerned for his safety after the incident and they have hired security guards to protect Tyreke during basketball games.