Former Miami Hurricanes wide receiver Akieem Jolla was stabbed and found dead in his hometown of New Orleans on Sunday night, according to multiple sources close to him. He was 37.
According to police, officers responded to a call of a death in a parking lot in New Orleans’ Fourth District at 7:17 p.m. on Sunday night. Upon arrival, police found an unresponsive man with a stab wound to his body. Transported via emergency medical services to a local hospital, he was declared dead.
Police did not identify the man in the report, but two sources close to Jolla confirmed it was him.