Jakell Mitchell Death

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Jakell Mitchell Death

An 18-year-old Auburn freshman football player was fatally shot Sunday.

Jakell Mitchell, a local high school standout, was killed at the same apartment complex where three other football players died in a 2012 shooting.

CBS News reports:

An Auburn freshman football player was shot and killed at an off-campus apartment complex early Sunday morning, police said, according to local reports.

Jakell Mitchell, 18, was a local high school standout who had been redshirted his freshman year, and coaches spoke highly of his prospects.

So far police have no leads nor suspects, according to AL.com.

University spokesman Mike Clardy confirmed Mitchell’s identity to CBS affiliate WHNT in Huntsville, and said: “The thoughts and prayers of all of us at Auburn University are with his family during this difficult time.”

Mitchell was listed at 6 feet, 4 inches, and 215 pounds on the Auburn Tigers website. He was expected to contend for a starting spot next season at H-Back and tight end.

Coaches described him as a prospect with a high ceiling. AL.com reports he had been sitting out his freshman season to gain some weight.

“He’s a guy we identified when he was a junior” in high school, head coach Gus Malzahn told the Tigers’ website. “He can block, he can catch, he’s got a little bit of running back skills. He played a bit of wildcat when he was a junior and then hurt his knee. We feel the sky is the limit for this guy.”

The shooting early Sunday occurred at the same apartment complex where three Auburn football players were killed in a shooting in 2012.

Desmonte Leonard shot and killed ex-Auburn football players Ed Christian and Ladarious Phillips and Demario Pitts of Opelika in June 2012.

Police have said their deaths were not in connection with the football program.