Jameer Outsey, a three-year letterman at Franklin Township High School (Class of 2014), was fatally shot in Elizabeth on Saturday, Aug. 12, prosecutors said.

The 27-year-old former athlete was hospitalized after being shot at North Broad Street and Magnolia Avenue, and subsequently pronounced dead, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.

Named first team all-area is junior and senior year of high school, Outsey went on to play college football for Iowa and UNLV while majoring in sociology. Outsey also served as a team captain for his high school's basketball team in his senior year, his UNLV bio says.

Tributes poured in for Outsey following his death.

Prosecutors said Outsey's death remains investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Prosecutor’s Office Sergeant Filipe Afonso at 908-965-3807, Detective Lewis King at 908-337-0807 or Elizabeth Police Department Detective John Londono at 908-764-6392.

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