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Tony Martin, a Michigan state track and field athlete, was shot dead at a Saginaw, Michigan gas station Sunday morning, Martin’s high school coach told Evan Petzold from the Detroit Free Press.
I was 19 years old.
the Saginaw Police Department confirmed Martin’s identity on Monday.
“Shocked, Really,” High School Coach DeEddie Sanders said. “[We were] very close. He loved the track. He was a good guy, he never got in trouble. “
Martin set the Michigan long jump record (26 feet, 6 inches) in high school before earning a full scholarship to the state of Michigan. She competed in the long jump and the 60 and 200 meter speed events during her first year with the Spartans.
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We send our condolences to family and friends on the passing of Tony Martin. https://t.co/d4yuQNyc7h
“We send our condolences to family and friends on the passing of Tony Martin,” Michigan State said in a statement.
According to Petzold, the Saginaw Police Department’s felony unit is investigating the shooting as a double homicide.
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