Sun. Feb 16th, 2025

Zikera Wardlow Death Hillsborough TX, teen basketball player died from gunshot injury

Zikera Wardlow Death Hillsborough TX – Officers responded about 6:40 a.m. to a report of a gunshot injury on Cardinal Drive, near Interstate 85.

The two people had been shot in a Dodge Charger at the end of the road. Shattered glass was visible in the back passenger window.

Witnesses said that they heard gunshots the previous night. During a walk the next morning, they found the body of a girl next to the car with a man inside.

Police said a teen girl Zikera Wardlow, who was a sophomore on the girls basketball team at Discovery Charter School was killed. A 20-year-old man was also found dead. HPD identified him as 20-year-old De’Anthony Letrelle Morgan, of La Grange, who had attended Cedar Ridge High School.

The family of Zikera Wardlow“She’s an awesome girl. She had a career ahead of her,” said Sharin Murphy, a family friend. “She was on her way to do big things. She always out here playing basketball. She beats everyone on the court – male or female. She was just an all-around girl. Everybody around here loved her, that’s why it’s so shocking.”

Family members said she was a star player who hoped to play collegiately. She had previously attended Cedar Ridge.

“It’s been very hard to process because it’s just hard to understand,” Murphy said. “Any time it’s a tragedy, you wonder what happened? Why? Who done it? Why did they do it? It’s just a whole lot of questions.

“She was a well-loved girl, she had a good spirit, she had a good heart,” Murphy added. “She always had a smile on her face. And she was just an awesome person.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟗𝟔-𝟗𝟓𝟔𝟐. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟗𝟔-𝟗𝟓𝟓𝟓.

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