Brother of NBA star Quentin Richardson Murdered

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December 6, 2005 - A Chicago man, the brother of an NBA player, has died after being shot during a robbery on Chicago's South Side. Thirty-one-year-old Lee Richardson was gunned down Monday in front of his father.

Richardson was the brother of New York Knicks foward, Quentin Richardson. The deadly incident set off a police pursuit and a series of crashes that resulted in three arrests.

Lee Richardson and his father, Lee Richardson Sr., were out running errands Monday morning when they returned to the family home at 115th and Parnell a few minutes before noon. That's when two armed men reportedly approached the father and son, forcing them at gunpoint to lie face down in the snow a feet from the back door.

The Richardsons had just parked Lee Jr.'s late model Lexus SUV in the garage and were about to enter the house when the gunmen approached at virtually high noon, in clear view of anyone who passed on Parnell. In fact, a witness was watching on the phone with a police dispatcher as the younger Richardson looked up from his prone position and was shot four times. The shooter and his accomplice then ran away without harming the father.

Police, who were en route when the shooting occurred, pursued the suspects' gray van for several miles until it crashed at 87th and California. They also arrested three suspects at various points as they bailed out during the chase. Officers reportedly recovered the wallet of one the victims as well as two handguns.

The dead man, 31-year-old Lee Richardson, is the older brother of former Whitney Young High School and DePaul university basketball star Quentin Richardson, who now plays professionally for the New York Knickerbockers. A team spokesman told ABC7 that Quentin left the team last night to return to Chicago to attend to a "family tragedy."

The senior Richardson, a CTA driver and widower since the early 1990's, raised his three sons and a daughter at the house at 115th and Parnell. He moved recently to the south suburbs and left his son Lee to live at the property on Parnell.

Daisy King is a neighbor who says she used to babysit for the family.

"Mr. Richardson was the best dad. They didn't play with a lot of other kids," said Daisy King, neighbor.

This is not the first tragedy of this kind for Quentin Richardson and his family. In the early 90's, an older brother, Bernard, was shot and killed while dropping off a friend in a CHA housing project. It was just a few months after that incident that his mother died.

So far the family has been unavailable for comment.

Wow.

Things like this happen so often, why can't people realize how much hurt it causes?

What the hell are you talking about, Cable Guy?

What the hell are you talking about?

I ment that so many people get shot to death, why can't we realize it's a bad thing and not do it?

they don't care...some people even enjoy this shit.

Why can't people follow simple instructions of criminals with guns? maybe then Rich wouldn't of been dead

I think they know it is a bad thing, they just don't care.

But your question seemed a little..elementary, to me. Why can't we realize it's bad to kill people? Gee, I don't know.

Expect Q-Rich to explode for 12 points in his honor.

Expect Q-Rich to explode for 12 points in his honor.

...on 24 shots, all three pointers.

That's wrong , RIP Lee Richardson . He's not playing tonight , so I hope the Knicks win in his name.

Expect Q-Rich to explode for 12 points in his honor.

...on 24 shots, all three pointers.

he'll still outrebound Curry and Frye.

I saw this thread and I read Quentin Richardson murdered and i was like shit but then I read the article and it was only his brother...

RIP to his brother then

God I need some sleep, it's 3pm

oh holy shit this is so fucked up

God I need some sleep, it's 3pm

3 pm?

Man that sucks. He faces back to back tragedies with his brother and mom years back, and now he faces another back to back shitty situation when Brandy leaves him and his other brother gets killed.

I expect good things to happen to him from now on.

Wow Ive actually met Q's brother at Clipper games, thats quite a shocker.

RIEP, wow Q's life keeps getting harder and harder I really feel for the guy after what his been through so far.

God I need some sleep, it's 3pm

3 pm?

Yeah, it's past 3pm here

what I meant was, do Australians regularly sleep at 3 pm?

Pretty weak to make joke about Q-Rich in this thread. He's been a major bust so far this season but you gotta feel bad for the man right now..

RIP

damn...rip Q's bro

:lol: what I meant was, do Australians regularly sleep at 3 pm?

It's naptime for small children. He'll be up when the cartoons start.

Pretty weak to make joke about Q-Rich in this thread. He's been a major bust so far this season but you gotta feel bad for the man right now..

RIP

Just pretend he plays for some other team and you won't be feeling bad.

Wow, yet another tragedy, RIP Lee Richardson.

Aw shit this is sad. Rest in Peace man... Go Q Go!

I saw this thread and I read Quentin Richardson murdered and i was like shit but then I read the article and it was only his brother...

am i the only one who thinks this sounds weird to say the least...?

as if Quentin had more of a right to live than his brother cause he plays basketball and is famous.

I saw this thread and I read Quentin Richardson murdered and i was like shit but then I read the article and it was only his brother...

am i the only one who thinks this sounds weird to say the least...?

as if Quentin had more of a right to live than his brother cause he plays basketball and is famous.

I'm sorry

^you better be. how dare you?! now go hide yourself and cry.