Yetunde Price
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Yetunde Hawanya Tara Price (August 9, 1972 – September 14, 2003) was the elder half-sister and personal assistant to leading tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams. She was 31 years old, the eldest of their mother's five daughters and mother of three children, a registered nurse and owner of a beauty salon. Price came into the public eye when she was the victim of murder by shooting on September 14, 2003 in Compton, a poor area of Los Angeles County, California, known for its history of gang violence. She was shot in the back of the head while riding in an SUV driven by her boyfriend, who police reported was the intended victim. She later died at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Her face suffered horrific mutilation and disfigurement as a result of the bullet's penetration, and portions of her skull were forced straight out of her wounds into the windshield of the car, where they disintegrated upon impact.
The Game's song Dreams is dedicated to her.
Southside Crips gang member Robert Edward Maxfield, 25, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter on March 22, 2006, the day before his third trial in the killing was scheduled to start. The first two trials ended in a mistrial and a hung jury. Prosecutors alleged during trial that Maxfield, surrounded by fellow gang members at a crack house, seized an assault weapon and took aim at the SUV when it approached. On April 6, 2006, judge Steven Suzukawa sentenced Maxfield to 15 years in prison.
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