Athlete from Fiji killed in US shooting

A RUNNER from Fiji has been killed in a gang shooting in northern California just weeks before he was set to attend the University of Louisiana, friends and authorities say.

ROY Ravana Jr and another man, Kevin Ohta, were shot on Monday in Sacramento County by two juveniles who opened fire with two handguns and a rifle on behalf of the Norteno street gang, prosecutors said.

The 21-year-old Ohta was expected to survive, the Sacramento Bee reported.The suspects, 17-year-old Elias Guevara and 16-year-old Rozco Gutierrez, have been charged as adults with murder and attempted murder. They were arraigned on Wednesday but did not enter pleas, Shelly Orio, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said.Orio said they were appointed counsel, but she did not have the lawyers' names.The exact circumstances of the shooting were unclear. Sheriff's Sergeant Lisa Bowman told the Bee this week it was not clear whether the victims fired any shots or whether they had gang affiliations.Friends and family of Ravana say they were not aware of his involvement in any criminal behaviour.Fiji's prime minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, called Ravana an innocent bystander and said he was a great athlete and wonderful role model."Many people dream of being given an opportunity to pursue success overseas," the prime minister said in a statement. "Roy was living that dream when he died. And many young Fijians, even those who didn't know him personally, will feel a sense of shock and loss at his passing."Ravana, 20, represented Fiji in the heats of the 60-metre race at the 2012 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Istanbul and later in the same year in the 400-metre race at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, the association said in a statement. He was also a 400-metre hurdler.He went to the US two years ago and spent a year at Iowa Central Community College, according to the Bee.Ravana had come to Sacramento, where he has extended family, to await final word on his admission to the University of Louisiana, his friend, Ilene Lasaisamoa, 21, said.She said a confirmation letter came about a month ago, and Ravana was planning to start school in the autumn."We considered him family," she told the Bee.

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