New York basketball prospect Terrell Wigfall dead after stabbing in Hell's Kitchen
A young basketball prospect has died after being stabbed in New York. Bronx Community College star Terrell Wigfall died after being knifed in a fight in Hell's Kitchen in August, police announced Thursday.
Police say Wigfall was involved in a violent altercation at the corner of 11th Avenue and West 54th Street in Hell's Kitchen in the New York borough of Manhattan just after 10pm on August 22.
The 24-year-old was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries on September 16, police said on Thursday, and the incident is being treated as a homicide, according to the New York Post.
#4 Terrell Wigfall caught up with us after Harlem USA's win by 40+ to tell us his teams keys! #GymRatCHALLENGE pic.twitter.com/TZEpDuN16N
— GymRat CHALLENGE (@GymRatCHALLENGE) May 29, 2016
Wigfall, who was a young father, played for the Bronx Community team the College Bronx Broncos, who posted a roundup of his career statistics after his death.
Freshman Terrell Wigfall opened up his @NJCAA career with a triple-double for Bronx to earn this week's DIII #NJCAAPOTW pic.twitter.com/wSmJhtHJJG
— NJCAA (@NJCAA) November 8, 2017
Harlem USA's #4 Terrell Wigfall gets a nice And One in the last minute of a very close U17 game! #GymRatCHALLENGE pic.twitter.com/iHSKoIfjZ3
— GymRat CHALLENGE (@GymRatCHALLENGE) May 28, 2016
“Terrell Wigfall scored a total of 49 points in the two games the Broncos played during the week that ended January 7, 2018,” the team said.
“At the free throw line he made 16 out of 18 free throws attempted. Terrell Wigfall had 15 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals and 5 turnovers."