Yetunde Price.
Yetunde Hawanya Tara Price (August 9, 1972 – September 14, 2003) [1] was the oldest half-sister of and personal assistant to the leading tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. On September 14, 2003, she was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Compton, California, United States by Robert Maxfield. Serena and Venus Williams' sister Yetunde Price was murdered on Sept. 14, 2003, in Compton, California. Here's everything we know about the details of her death. To honor Price's memory, Venus and Serena created the Yetunde Price Resource Center. The center, located in Compton, opened in 2017, and sought to support victims of violence and their families. The sisters made the announcement at the Dollarhide Community Center in Compton in 2016, and Serena talked about why they were establishing the new center..
Yetunde Price, sister to Serena and Venus Williams, was shot in the head by a gang member in Compton, California The oldest half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, Yetunde Price was fatally shot in Compton, California, on September 14, 2003. "We just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." The man whom authorities said fatally shot Serena and Venus Williams ‘ older sister Yetunde Price in 2003 was released from prison earlier this year, after more than a decade behind bars, PEOPLE... The move sparked a slew of criticism for the tennis pro, especially because her sister Yetunde Price was tragically murdered by a man who was a member of the gang decades prior. Their half-sister and personal assistant, Yetunde Price, was shot dead in Compton in 2003, reports People. In 2003 Serena and Venus’s oldest half-sister, Yetunde, was murdered during a shooting in Compton, CA, at age 31. In 2021, she was played by Mikayla Bartholomew in the Oscar-winning film King Richard. Price's murder deeply affected her family and the community where she was shot.
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The move sparked a slew of criticism for the tennis pro, especially because her sister Yetunde Price was tragically murdered by a man who was a member of the gang decades prior. Their half-sister and personal assistant, Yetunde Price, was shot dead in Compton in 2003, reports People. In 2003 Serena and Venus’s oldest half-sister, Yetunde, was murdered during a shooting in Compton, CA, at age 31. In 2021, she was played by Mikayla Bartholomew in the Oscar-winning film King Richard. Price's murder deeply affected her family and the community where she was shot.
