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Shavez Hart, a Bahamian sprinter who represented the country in the 2016 Olympics, was shot and killed trying to break up a fight outside a Bahamas nightclub. He was 29.<\/p>\n
The deadly incident occurred in Mount Hope on Saturday at around 2 a.m. local time when a group of men got into an argument and one of them went to his car, grabbed a gun and fired, striking Hart in the chest, TMZ Sports reported, citing a Royal Bahamas Police report.<\/p>\n
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Shavez Hart of the Bahamas (C) reacts after a false start in the Men's 100-meter heat on Day Four of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on April 8, 2018, on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Michael Dodge\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
He was transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
\"The Olympic family is saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Shavez Hart, a proud native of Abaco,\" the Bahamas Olympic Committee said in a statement. \"He was always very humble, yet proud and determined to offer the very best of himself for the sake of country.\"<\/p>\n
For the Bahamas, Hart won a gold medal in the 4x100 relay at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 2013. He also picked up a silver in the 4x400 relay in the 2016 World Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n
Shavez Hart, of the Bahamas, and Ameer Webb, of the U.S., compete. (REUTERS\/Dylan Martinez)<\/p>\n
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Hart was also a sprinter star for Texas A&M University. He was a 10-time All-American and won a gold medal as a member of the Aggies 4x400 relay team at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n
\"This is so tragic. Shavez Hart was of course one of our finest athletes ever, but he was one of the kindest people I have met, and such a soft-spoken man,\" Texas A&M coach Pat Henry said in a news release. \"Words can't describe the loss that the Aggie track & field family is feeling. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.\"<\/p>\n
Antoine Adams, of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Shavez Hart, of the Bahamas, and Akani Simbine, of South Africa, compete in the Men's 100-meter heats during Day One of the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow 2013 at Luzhniki Stadium on August 10, 2013, in Moscow. (Paul Gilham\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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According to TMZ, police arrested a suspect in the shooting and an investigation was still ongoing.<\/p>\n
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