Tennis
stars' sister shot after confrontation
COMPTON,
Calif. (AP) -- An older sister of tennis
stars Venus and Serena Williams was shot
to death early Sunday, authorities said.
Yetunde
Price, 31, was shot shortly after midnight
in the Los Angeles suburb following a "confrontation"
with some residents, Los Angeles County
sheriff's Deputy Scott Butler said.
No arrests were immediately made.
Price
was with a man in a sports utility vehicle
when the two became involved in a confrontation,
Deputy Richard Pena said. He did not have
details of the confrontation.
Price
was shot in the upper torso. Deputies on
patrol heard gunshots and went to the scene,
where they found Price.
Price,
of Corona, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The
man who was with Price would be interviewed,
Pena said.
At
about 6 a.m., about 40 deputies surrounded
a home where they believed three people
involved in the shooting were barricaded,
Pena said. However, when police entered
the house six hours later, it was empty.
Price
was one of five Williams sisters who spent
their early years in Compton, a crime- and
poverty-ridden community.
The
family later moved to Florida. Their father
and mother, Richard and Oracene, are divorced,
and Price used her mother's maiden name.
She
worked as a personal assistant to her sisters.
She was identified as a registered nurse
and a business management major in the 2003
media guide for the WTA Tour.
Carlos
Fleming, who represents Venus and Serena
Williams, did not immediately return calls
seeking comment.
WTA
Tour spokesman Darrell Fry said he had no
immediate comment.
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