Police investigating mysterious death of Pacific Northwest yo-yo champion

[MARIS61]

Authorities in Phoenix still are trying to determine the events that led to the death of a former yo-yo champion originally from Mount Vernon.

Phoenix police say 23-year-old Nathan DeWitt died early Wednesday after being taken to a hospital.

Police and Phoenix Fire Department crews responded to a rollover crash shortly after midnight and found an SUV on its side.

They say DeWitt crawled out of the vehicle and had been shot. Police say it’s still unclear if DeWitt died from the shooting wound, injuries from the crash or both.

Detectives say DeWitt possibly was at Christmas party before the shooting.

The Arizona Republic reported Thursday that DeWitt was the 2005 Pacific Northwest yo-yo champion and placed eighth in the 2008 competition and 18th last year.

 

[jlprk]

This player went to community college in Mount Vernon.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/woodda01.html

Then he went to this college.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/colleges.cgi?college=nevada

 

[Denny Crane]

It's not much of a mystery. The guy was shot and crashed his car, too.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

My twin stepsons finished 12th and 14th respectively one year in the National Yo-Yo Championships.

 

[jlprk]

It's not much of a mystery. The guy was shot and crashed his car, too.

That makes no sense. You need to work the yo-yo into your theory.

How about, he was walking the dog, skinning the cat, and rocking the baby, while he tried to do a sleeper.

 

[jlprk]

And you guys wonder what I learned at Obama's "exclusive" (yeah right) Punahou middle school in Hawaii.