KC football player shot after walking girlfriend to bus stop

KC football player who dreamed of playing in the NFL was shot and killed while walking his girlfriend to the bus stop

Xavier Townsend-Keith dreamed of one day suiting up to play in the NFL. The 23-year-old footballer was playing for the KC Legions, a semi-professional football team hoping to earn a UFL tryout.

Xavier was still recovering from a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder. He died at the age of 23, after accompanying his girlfriend to a bus stop.

Police went to the intersection of East 51st Street and Prospect Avenue around 1 p.m. on May 28, where they found Townsend-Keith lying on the sidewalk near a bus stop. He had been shot several times and died from his 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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