Olympic sprinter Shavez Hart has died after being shot while trying to break up an argument outside a nightclub. Hart, who represented the Bahamas at the Rio Olympics in 2016, was killed as he attempted to stop a group of men from fighting outside a nightclub in Mount Hope on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas at around 2am on Saturday morning.It happened just four days before his 30th birthday, which is today (Tuesday 6 September).
One of the men involved is said to have left the car park and taken a gun out of his car before shooting Hart in the chest. Hart was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to local media, a suspect was subsequently arrested and taken into police custody. READ MORE: Sky Sports News presenter, 37, asked docs 'am I going to die' after cancer diagnosisThe 29-year-old leaves behind a wife and a son.
Speaking to the Nassau Guardian, his mother Shammaine Hart relayed her distress, saying: "He was such a good son - very quiet and always helpful.
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