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Williams sister shooting: Man held
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of the eldest sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. Yetunde Price, 31, who was her sisters' personal assistant, was shot early Sunday after she and a companion were involved in a dispute in a Los Angeles suburb, police said. Aaron Michael Hammer was seized on Sunday night and detained without bail, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Pena said. The companion, identified as 28-year-old Rolland Wormley, was also held on a parole violation charge for his involvement in the incident, Deputy Pena said. Witnesses told investigators that Wormley and Price were involved in a dispute with "local residents" which led to gunfire, Pena said. They then sped away in their sport utility vehicle, witnesses said. Price died a short time later at a local hospital of a gunshot wound to her upper torso, Butler said. A spokeswoman for the Williams family described them as devastated. The shooting occurred in the 1100 block of Greenleaf Boulevard in Compton, the Los Angeles suburb where the sisters grew up. Police were appealing for witnesses to come forward. Authorities said they found an assault rifle at the crime scene and that as many as 20 shots were possibly fired.
Price was the eldest of five daughters of Richard Williams and Oracene Price. She accompanied Serena Williams to the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles in July, where the tennis star won awards for Best Female Tennis Player and Best Female Athlete. Serena thanked all of her sisters, calling her eldest sibling "'Tende." Price, who was divorced, leaves three children. Friends said she worked as a registered nurse and at a hair salon. Residents of the neighborhood who spoke to CNN said the area can be a rough place after the sun goes down. Ruth Grant, 51, who has lived on the street for more than two decades, said heard the gunfire shortly after midnight, and then went to sleep. When she awoke in the morning to prepare for a Sunday school class, she saw helicopters flying overhead and dozens of police in the street. Such occurrences are not routine, she said. "Every once in a while, you hear cars going by burning rubber and shooting, but that's not often," she said. -- CNN Correspondent Paul Vercammen contributed to this report.
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