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Lorenzen Wright

A body believed to be that of former Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Lorenzen Wright was found in southeast Memphis today according to sources.

Wright was reported missing on July 22nd.

Sources tell Memphis’ MyEyeWitnessNews.com that a body found in a wooded area of southeast Memphis is indeed that of the missing basketball player.   Sources tell the website that the body had been shot, and it may have been a self-inflicted gunshot.

Memphis police are still investigating.

UPDATE:

From Memphis’ The Commercial Appeal:

In the early hours of July 19, a Germantown dispatcher received a 911 call from Lorenzen Wright’s cell phone.

The dispatcher heard a garbled male voice utter an expletive, then at least 10 gunshots.

“Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?” the dispatcher asked.

Then the phone went dead.

The dispatcher called back. No one answered.

Nine days later, Wright’s body was found in a wooded area of southeast Memphis, two law enforcement sources confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jordan_Mom/ Jordan_Mom

    That’s freaking sad. What was bothering him that much that he would take his own life? Dayum!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bad_Habitzs/ Bad_Habitzs

    I don’t know what he was going thru but killing yourself isn’t the way to go. There is nothing or no one in this world worth killing myself over or allowing it/them to steal my joy. Go ahead big brother and rest your weary soul. Too bad it had to end like this!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TRIPLETHREAT718/ TRIPLETHREAT718

    You never really know what ppl are going through in life …smfh…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ceyisha/ Ceyisha

    who said he killed himself:) no official word yet
    someone could have shot him close range too
    its like wow
    get help therapy works wonders.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jordan_Mom/ Jordan_Mom

    Urban Daily, I want y’all to do better investigative reporting because I just read on another website, which is credible, that Lorenzen was shot 14 times and that a 911 call was made from his cell phone, but all you could hear was gunshots then the call was dropped. Why are yall having us to believe he killed himself? I should have known that wasn’t right. Whoever your sources are, they don’t know the facts.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/softraindrop_flower/ softraindrop_flower

    they said he died in memphis……………….that dont surprize me at all…901 cold blooded fo sho…they dont care if you famous or not

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dopegurlmagic17/ Dopegurlmagic17

    how can be self inflicted and the dispatcher heard 10 gun shots??? dumb a$$es

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/T2003J/ T2003J

    They said 10 gun shots was heard, that doesn’t mean all ten of them was self inflicted

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WatchMeSucceed/ WatchMeSucceed

    Who the heck do you know commits suicide by shooting the gun 10 times?! What kinda nonsense is this?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PtahUsirII/ PtahUsirII

    Whoever published this bulls**t, suggesting that their sources told them that the gunshots were self-inflicted needs their asses whopped ASAP. Lorenzen was my nigga. A good dad, husband, family man, and athlete. No one ever had a bad thing to say about him. Lemme find out!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/duntyouwishhh/ duntyouwishhh

    I’m deeply sadden for Mr. Wrights family and friends the death of a love one is a painful thing, my thughts and prayer are with you.
    To viewers who read this like me I say can you say……WAG THE DOG, the movie and that’s just about all I’m going to say.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Yung_prince901/ Yung_prince901

    I cant belive yall got these people thinking that man killed himself. Take that self inflicted bull sh*t off ASAP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/StepItUp609/ StepItUp609

    Wow….this is so very sad. That is very whack to think that he would kill himself, yet he called 911 for help….. My heart goes out to his family, his teammates, and dear friends…..R.I.P Lorenzen, you will be missed!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SugarSweetums/ SugarSweetums

    Further investigation is saying that there’s a short-cut which is a dirt path he takes to get to his mothers’ house and that’s where it happened. They’re no longer calling it a suicide but a homicide. Someone who knows he takes this path did this for sure, someone he knows.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ms_Strong/ Ms_Strong

    This s**t is crazy!! I didn’t know that someone could shoot them self 12 times and it’s self inflicted? Get the F*** out of here. My prayers go out to family and friends.

    Gone but will never be forgotten.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrinzNasheemKozul/ PrinzNasheemKozul

    THE DISPATCHER SHOULD HAVE SENT HELP TO THE AREA THAT DAY!!!!!!!!
    DONT WAIT AN ENTIRE WEEK TO COME OUT WITH THE TRUTH
    HE NEEDED YOUR HELP THAT DAY!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Enticing901/ Enticing901

    Yo im from Memphis. Lorenzen was murdered by his ex-wife in a murder for hire. She is in custody but havent been oficially charged. They are waiting for his memorial which will be held next week at the Grizzles Arena here in Memphis. This is a truely messed up situation. The place they found the body isnt were he was murdered. His body was placed there after he was already dead. We are hurt down here. Lorenzen was a good genuine guy. Anyone could appoach and talkin to him anywhere. He didnt have that c**ky dimenor. I remember going to see him play when he was an All-American in High school here and when he played at University of Memphis, which was Memphis State back then. We have truely lost an angel. Pray for the Wright family and us down here in Memphis

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Enticing901/ Enticing901

    And to kill ALL of the BULL*HIT bout SUICIDE, he was shot a total of 18 times, six of which were in his face. So PLEASE kill that s**t about SUICIDE. SMFH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/duntyouwishhh/ duntyouwishhh

    Lorenzen Wright’s Wife Threatened by Three Gunmen Searching for Wright Six Weeks Before Murder
    by Associated Press on Jul 31, 2010 11:48:48 AM
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife was threatened at her home by three men who were carrying guns and looking for the former NBA player about six weeks before he was shot to death, the woman’s attorney said Friday.

    Sherra Wright warned her ex-husband, the father of her children, about the visit by men dressed in sport coats with weapons tucked in their waistbands, lawyer Gail Mathes said. But she was frightened by their threats and didn’t tell authorities about it until Monday, when she alerted police in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, near her home.

    “She was told that if she said anything she would be killed, or her children,” Mathes said. “Mrs. Wright was terrified.”

    The body of the 34-year-old athlete was found in woods in Memphis on Wednesday, six days after his family reported him missing. He was last seen around midnight July 18, when he stayed over at his ex-wife’s house.

    Sherra Wright told officers he left in the middle of the night with an unidentified person. Police records indicate Wright was probably carrying a large amount of cash when he disappeared.

    An investigation is now under way by police in nearby Germantown, another Memphis suburb, about how a 911 call from Wright’s phone early on July 19 was handled.

    Autopsy results haven’t been released, so it’s not clear when Wright died or how many times he was shot. Police said the medical examiner had to use dental records to establish a positive identity, indicating the body might have been in the woods for some time before it was found by a police search team.

    Memphis police are leading the homicide investigation and won’t discuss a motive or if they have suspects. Memphis police Lt. Alan Ruhl said Friday that the department isn’t discussing details of the case because the investigation is ongoing.

    Rodney Bright, Germantown’s deputy police chief, said department officials did not know about the 911 call until Tuesday, eight days after it was received by a dispatcher in the early morning hours of July 19.

    Bright said Friday he can’t discuss what was said on the call, which has been turned over to Memphis police. They also won’t talk about the call.

    The Commercial Appeal newspaper, which first reported the call, said the dispatcher heard a garbled male voice utter an expletive and then heard at least 10 gunshots. The call went dead and no one answered when the dispatcher called back, the newspaper reported.

    Police said area law enforcement agencies didn’t meet until Wednesday to discuss the case. Investigators were able to locate the source of the call and a few hours after that meeting, officers found Wright’s body nearby.

    Police in Collierville had taken the July 22 missing person report. Before Wright was found dead, they had repeatedly said they didn’t suspect foul play.

    Wright’s friends have questioned why police didn’t act with more urgency. Mathes said Germantown police were negligent in failing to report the call to other law enforcement in the area, and the delay has hurt the homicide investigation.

    “I do believe there was a disregard with a transparent obliviousness to the significance of a call where you hear 10 shots,” Mathes said.

    The 6-foot-11 Wright played 13 seasons in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and most recently the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wright left the University of Memphis early for the NBA, and the Clippers made him a lottery pick with the No. 7 selection overall.

    He averaged 8 points and 6.4 rebounds in 778 career games.

    Wright leaves behind six children, his mother Deborah Marion, and father Herb Wright, who coached his son from a wheelchair after he was shot in the spine. Lorenzen Wright’s 11-month-old daughter, Sierra, died in March 2003 of sudden infant death syndrome.

    Messages of sadness and condolence have poured in from around the NBA since Wright’s body was found. Hundreds of people have visited the scene near where Wright’s body was found to pay respects to the beloved Memphis native.

    Mathes said she is hoping to set up a fund for Wright’s children, with hopes of getting contributions from NBA players

    Was this a murder for hire ? Is this the ex- bail out story? Was there something els going on? Can you say …WAG THE DOG?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/duntyouwishhh/ duntyouwishhh

    TO THE FAMILY & FRIENDS & FANS OF MR.WRIGHT…MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL ATTHIS DEEPLY SAD TIME.

    And yes, Sherra Wright was interviewed by police…so is everyone who has any information to aid in solving a crime. Was extortion, blackmail or money-debts…a motive?

    Can you say ….WAG THE DOG ?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Oriedo/ Oriedo

    This is a horrible article blog foreal.”Lorenzen Wright”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    I’m very happy to see that there are so many ‘thinkers’ in here who aren’t falling for that ‘suicide’ crap(which SHOULD be STRICKEN from this article, by the way)! NO ONE’S aim is THAT bad where one would have to shoot themselves MULTIPLE TIMES in a suicide attempt! We’ll get to the bottom of this very soon, I hope. I am somewhat suspicious of his -ex wife, I must say.. That whole story of hers about these ‘guys threatening her with guns and questioning her about his whereabouts’ sounds all too familiar. I’ve seen WAY too many episodes of Forensic Files with that very same scenario. Only time will tell though.. ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/peachesjones/ peachesjones

    Please pray for the Lorenzen Wright family. The Memorial is this coming week. We truly miss him in the city. He was such a great role model!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jordan_Mom/ Jordan_Mom

    Lorenzen’s mama should sue Urban Daily for this misinformation. Y’all wrong for this false reporting telling folks this dude killed himself when in fact Sherra Wright, his ex-wife, set him up for a murder for hire.

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    10 shots heard and they say its self inflicted? WTF?

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