On June 24th, 2003 a group of teens approached a man wearing an Allen Iverson jersey named Kevin Johnson, who was waiting for a trolley in south Philadelphia. Unbeknownst to Kevin: one of the teens, Robert Ferguson, was carrying a gun. The group admired Kevin's jersey. What was simple admiration, turned into an opportunity for the teens to prove their manhood to each other. They began to demand the jersey from Kevin. He did not give it up. The teens began to rough up Kevin. Robert pulled his gun, shot Kevin in the back of the neck.

Three years later and Robert is still serving for attempted murder, Kevin died last week when he was taken off his ventilator, and Allen Iverson is paying for the funeral.