Prep football players indicted

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 13, 2004

- Two high school seniors, including one recognized as the best prep football player in Ohio, were indicted Wednesday in the shooting death of a teammate.

Lorenzo Hunter, 16, died April 16. Police said he and two other Benedictine High School students, all members of the school's state-champion football team, allegedly tried to use a toy gun to rob Rodney Roberts, who then pulled a real gun and began shooting.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury charged Raymond Williams and Jon Huddleston, both 18, with murder, aggravated robbery and robbery.

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Police had charged Roberts, 20, with aggravated murder. The grand jury only charged him with carrying a concealed weapon.

Benedictine High officials have suspended Williams and Huddleston indefinitely.

Williams, a running back, was named the 17th annual winner of The Ohio Associated Press Mr. Football award in November. West Virginia University has withdrawn its offer of a football scholarship to Williams.