Younger brother of Len Bias, All-American basketball player from Univ. of Md., 1st round NBA draft pick of the Boston Celtics.
Jay Bias, 20, a former high school basketball standout, was shot in midafternoon in the parking lot of Prince George's Plaza in Hyattsville. He was pronounced dead in the same Leland Memorial Hospital emergency room where his brother died of cocaine ingestion in June 1986.
Investigators said the shooting resulted from a chance encounter in the mall between Bias and Jerry S. Tyler, with Tyler accusing Bias of flirting with his wife, a jewelry store clerk. Tyler allegedly threatened Bias in the mall, then settled the matter outside with a 9mm semiautomatic.
"Jay was leaning over on the driver,"..."He was telling us to tell his family how much he loved them. That's what he kept saying. He kept telling us to tell his family how much he loved them."
"Then he started saying the Lord's Prayer,"...
Jay Bias, 20, a former high school basketball standout, was shot in midafternoon in the parking lot of Prince George's Plaza in Hyattsville. He was pronounced dead in the same Leland Memorial Hospital emergency room where his brother died of cocaine ingestion in June 1986.
Investigators said the shooting resulted from a chance encounter in the mall between Bias and Jerry S. Tyler, with Tyler accusing Bias of flirting with his wife, a jewelry store clerk. Tyler allegedly threatened Bias in the mall, then settled the matter outside with a 9mm semiautomatic.
"Jay was leaning over on the driver,"..."He was telling us to tell his family how much he loved them. That's what he kept saying. He kept telling us to tell his family how much he loved them."
"Then he started saying the Lord's Prayer,"...
Younger brother of Len Bias, All-American basketball player from Univ. of Md., 1st round NBA draft pick of the Boston Celtics.
Jay Bias, 20, a former high school basketball standout, was shot in midafternoon in the parking lot of Prince George's Plaza in Hyattsville. He was pronounced dead in the same Leland Memorial Hospital emergency room where his brother died of cocaine ingestion in June 1986.
Investigators said the shooting resulted from a chance encounter in the mall between Bias and Jerry S. Tyler, with Tyler accusing Bias of flirting with his wife, a jewelry store clerk. Tyler allegedly threatened Bias in the mall, then settled the matter outside with a 9mm semiautomatic.
"Jay was leaning over on the driver,"..."He was telling us to tell his family how much he loved them. That's what he kept saying. He kept telling us to tell his family how much he loved them."
"Then he started saying the Lord's Prayer,"...
Jay Bias, 20, a former high school basketball standout, was shot in midafternoon in the parking lot of Prince George's Plaza in Hyattsville. He was pronounced dead in the same Leland Memorial Hospital emergency room where his brother died of cocaine ingestion in June 1986.
Investigators said the shooting resulted from a chance encounter in the mall between Bias and Jerry S. Tyler, with Tyler accusing Bias of flirting with his wife, a jewelry store clerk. Tyler allegedly threatened Bias in the mall, then settled the matter outside with a 9mm semiautomatic.
"Jay was leaning over on the driver,"..."He was telling us to tell his family how much he loved them. That's what he kept saying. He kept telling us to tell his family how much he loved them."
"Then he started saying the Lord's Prayer,"...
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