Tennessee prep baseball star Stephen Gant the victim of an apparent suicide
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Prep baseball star Stephen Gant, projected by some to be a first-round pick in this summer’s Major League Baseball draft, was found dead Tuesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, The Jackson Sun reports.
Gant was a senior at Riverside High School in the Nashville, Tenn., area and had signed to play for Vanderbilt.
Perry County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Nick Weems told the newspaper that they received a 911 call about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in reference to a man walking down a nearby road with a gun and threatening to commit suicide.
“We found the body of Stephen Gant about 30 feet from the roadway with a gunshot wound,” Weems said. “We do believe at this time that it was self-inflicted; however, we will continue to investigate to look at other possibilities to make sure it was suicide.”
Gant was named The Jackson Sun’s Baseball Player of the Year the past three seasons and had a bright future.
"This stops you right in your tracks,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said in a release from the university's athletics department. “These are life occurrences that can't be explained ... there are no 'do-overs.' We are all deeply saddened for (his parents) Gloria, Tony, his brothers and sister as well as the many friends that Stephen had. All we can do is be supportive for the family and be there for them.”
Gant was a senior at Riverside High School in the Nashville, Tenn., area and had signed to play for Vanderbilt.
Perry County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Nick Weems told the newspaper that they received a 911 call about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in reference to a man walking down a nearby road with a gun and threatening to commit suicide.
“We found the body of Stephen Gant about 30 feet from the roadway with a gunshot wound,” Weems said. “We do believe at this time that it was self-inflicted; however, we will continue to investigate to look at other possibilities to make sure it was suicide.”
Gant was named The Jackson Sun’s Baseball Player of the Year the past three seasons and had a bright future.
"This stops you right in your tracks,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said in a release from the university's athletics department. “These are life occurrences that can't be explained ... there are no 'do-overs.' We are all deeply saddened for (his parents) Gloria, Tony, his brothers and sister as well as the many friends that Stephen had. All we can do is be supportive for the family and be there for them.”
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