Former two-division world champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed Saturday night during an attempted robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Lt. Keith Meadows told the radio station that Forrest was shot seven or eight times -- at least once in the head -- as he chased at least two men who had tried to steal his Jaguar as he put air in its tires at an Atlanta gas station. Forrest had a gun and confronted the men, who fatally wounded him with two semi-automatic weapons, according to police. R.I.P.
