Authorities say a 12-year-old boy has been fatally shot in Knoxville hours after attending a basketball game to honor a cousin who had been shot to death.
Knoxville police said in a news release that Jajuan Hubert Latham died Saturday night of a gunshot wound to the head. The boy was sitting in the back of his father's vehicle when gunfire erupted at a gathering at a Knoxville park.
Police Chief David Rausch pleaded for help Sunday in finding suspects.
The game organized earlier Saturday at Fulton High School by ex-University of Tennessee basketball player Bobby Maze encouraged Knoxville youth to halt violence.
Jajuan Latham's 15-year-old cousin, Fulton football player Zaevion Dobson, was fatally shot Dec. 17 while protecting friends from what officials believed was a gang-related shooting.
