The parents of Colorado State men’s basketball forward Emmanuel Omogbo died Monday night in a house fire in Chillum, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. Also killed in the fire were Omogbo’s niece and nephew, two-year-old twins.
Carolyn and Sampson Omobgo, Emmanuel’s parents and the children’s grandparents were pronounced dead at the scene, while the children were taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead a short time later.
Prince George’s County firefighters responded to the 6700 block of Knollbrook Drive, where the blaze had erupted with seven people inside the home. The children’s mother escaped by jumping out a second-floor window, and the two other occupants of the house were able to escape safely as well.