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College basketball player found shot dead in Mercedes at nature preserve in New Jersey

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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a Connecticut college basketball player who was found fatally shot this weekend at a nature preserve in central New Jersey, authorities said.

The athlete, identified as 20-year-old Phillip Urban of the nearby township Manapalan, was found"slumped over" in the driver's seat of a white Mercedes discovered on a trail at around 7 p.m. local time Saturday, the Mercer County prosecutor confirmed in a. Police say they found Urban while responding to a call that led officers to a section of the Hopewell Valley Nature Preserve, which is a wooded area located about 15 miles from Trenton.

The exact nature of that initial police call is not clear. After officers found Urban inside the Mercedes, he was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound, according to the county prosecutor's office.

 

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