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Michigan State's Raequan Williams won't let brothers' murders stop him

A look at Michigan State football's Raequan Williams. Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — After they pulled out guns and sprayed the block with bullets.

After both his “brothers” were murdered over the span of 17 months.

Raequan Williams almost dropped out of Michigan State and quit playing football. He wanted to go home to Chicago. To keep his family safe.

“Rae wanted to stop,” Latasha Williams said, of her son. “He was ready to come back. I told him, ‘No, it’s gotta motivate you more, so you do what you gotta do.