FORT COLLINS — Members of the Colorado State basketball program refer to each other as family, and Tuesday that family suffered a terrible tragedy.
The parents, niece and nephew of senior forward Emmanuel Omogbo died early Tuesday morning from a house fire in Chillum, Md., just outside of Washington D.C., local fire officials confirmed in a story by the Associated Press.
The victims include Omogbo's father, Sampson Omogbo, 63; his mother, Caroline Omogbo, 55; and two twin nieces, Israel and Anna Omije, 2. Emmanuel's sister and mother of Israel and Anna, Elizabeth Omije, survived after jumping out a two-story window, according to multiple reports.