Boxer Mylik Birdsong
Boxer Mylik Birdsong shot dead in US
American professional boxer, Mylik Birdsong has been k!lled in a drive-by sh00ting in the Gramercy Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles.
The shooting occurred at 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of West 87th Street at Denker Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to police, Birdsong was standing outside a home when two suspects approached in a vehicle and fired shots at him. The suspects then got out of the vehicle and chased him, firing shots until he was fatally wounded.
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Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he died. No description was available of the suspects or vehicle.
A motive for the shooting is unknown.
His identity was not released by authorities, but TMZ identified the victim as the 31-year-old pro boxer, who was scheduled to step into the ring on Oct. 26.
Birdsong had a 15-1-1 career boxing record with 10 knockouts before his demise.
He won the vacant World Boxing Foundation international welterweight championship in his final fight on March 23 with a unanimous eight-round decision over Jerry Bradford at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower.
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