College Basketball Player Phil Urban Dead At 20, Shot & Killed At Nature Preserve

College basketball gamer Phil Urban — a freshman forward at Post University — was unfortunately shot and eliminated at a nature protect in New Jersey on Saturday, authorities stated.

He was simply twenty years old.

According to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, cops reacted to the Hopewell Valley Nature Preserve in Hopewell Township at 7 PM on Saturday … and discovered Urban “slumped over” in the motorist’s seat of a Mercedes on a path.

Officials state Urban was required to a regional medical center — however was noticable dead there from a gunshot injury.

Authorities state an initial examination revealed Urban appeared to have actually been trying to fulfill somebody at the protect … and “was shot at some point during the encounter.”

No arrests have actually been made … and a probe is continuous.

Post Univ. president John Hopkins stated in a declaration that Urban “modeled the attributes of leadership, commitment and hard work on the court and in the classroom.”

Hopkins included the school and its neighborhood are “heartbroken” over Urban’s death.

Urban devoted to play hoops at Post Univ. back in April. The school invited him at the time with a tweet … composing, “We are excited about what Phil will add to our team both as a player and person. Welcome to the nest, Phil!”