A 12-year-old boy collapsed during the Gwinnett Basketball League all-star basketball game at the Suwanee Sports Academy on Saturday night and later died.
Jeremy Nelson, a seventh-grader at Buford Middle School, had just come out of the game when he collapsed. He was rushed to Gwinnett Medical Center where he later died.
An autopsy performed on Monday found that Nelson died of natural causes. He has fluid in his lungs, the autopsy reported.
His father, Herb Nelson, talked to FOX 5 News. He said he always knew his son was a special kid and that his loss is humbling.
Grief counselors were on hand at Nelson's school on Monday.
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Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who was abducted just after midnight on Wednesday.
Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who was abducted just after midnight on Wednesday.They say 1-year-old Annya Buchannon was in the back of a car that was stolen from the Playskool Daycare on Conley Road in Forest Park.
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Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
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A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
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Jeremy Nelson (Family photo)
