[Sly Fox]

Park Place shooting victim was captain of Maury team

By Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer
Patrick Wilson
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 4, 2009

NORFOLK

When Charles Humphrey was a freshman at Maury High School, he might have run with the wrong crowd a little bit, friends said – he didn’t take school too seriously and wasn’t that interested in going to college.

But by his senior year, Humphrey was the one who would step in when anyone else was starting trouble, said Jamal Giddens, who played football with Humphrey for three years. Sports, he said, had turned him around. Humphrey was captain of the football team, an All-Eastern District First Team running back and co-captain of the basketball team.

“He was getting real serious about football,” said Giddens, who now plays for Liberty University. “He’d say, 'Put in a good word for me at Liberty, OK?’”

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[4everfsu]

Another good reason why kids or anyone needs to be home early at night.

[JMUDukes]

Another good reason why kids or anyone needs to be home early at night.

ESPECIALLY in THAT area of Norfolk. look, I've lived in Norfolk my entire life, and over this past summer I worked at a non-profit that's in the middle of Park Place. It's simply a terribly dangerous neighborhood! What would drive ANYONE to be out there at night? I don't mean any disrespect towards the dead, but he shoulda known better.

In fact, according to Google Maps, my workplace was about 16 ft away from the shooting. now that's unsettling.