KC football player with dreams of playing in the NFL was shot and killed while walking his girlfriend to the bus stop
Xavier Townsend-Keith had dreams of one day suiting up to play in the NFL. The 23-year-old football player was playing for the KC Legions a semi-pro football team with hopes of earning a tryout in the UFL.
Xavier was still recovering from a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder. His life was taken from him at the age of 23, after walking his girlfriend to a bus stop.
Police responded around 1 p.m. on May 28 to the intersection of East 51st Street and Prospect Avenue, where they found Townsend-Keith lying on the sidewalk near a bus stop. He had been shot multiple times, and would succumb to the injuries.
Townsend didn’t have life insurance, so she created a GoFundMe to help pay for expenses related to his death.
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