June 26, 20178 yr Brutally sad story from CIS Football... Former university football star Ashton Dickson fatally shot in Ottawa OTTAWA - A Nova Scotia university says a former star running back with the Antigonish school's football team has been killed in a shooting in Ottawa. St. Francis Xavier's athletics department tweeted condolences on Monday to Ashton Dickson's family and friends. Ottawa police say Dickson, 25, died at the scene of a shooting early Monday. Investigators say officers were called to Rideau Street around 1 a.m. to investigate reports of a shooting. They say patrol officers found Dickson injured at the scene. Dickson, an Ottawa native, was nominated for the Hec Crighton Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in Canadian university football, in 2015. (The Canadian Press)
Brutally sad story from CIS Football...
Former university football star Ashton Dickson fatally shot in Ottawa
OTTAWA - A Nova Scotia university says a former star running back with the Antigonish school's football team has been killed in a shooting in Ottawa.
St. Francis Xavier's athletics department tweeted condolences on Monday to Ashton Dickson's family and friends.
Ottawa police say Dickson, 25, died at the scene of a shooting early Monday.
Investigators say officers were called to Rideau Street around 1 a.m. to investigate reports of a shooting.
They say patrol officers found Dickson injured at the scene.
Dickson, an Ottawa native, was nominated for the Hec Crighton Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in Canadian university football, in 2015.
(The Canadian Press)