Breaking News - Former WCU football player shot

Buddy Robinson

Forest City, NC - Former Western Carolina student and football player Antonitius "Buddy" Robinson was fatally shot near his hometown of Bostic, NC in the afternoon of April 10th, 2012.

At approximately 2:34 pm, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department responded to a residence on Old Ross Road in Forest City, NC, and found Robinson at the residence with multiple gunshot wounds. Robinson was pronounced dead on the scene, and no suspects in the shooting have been identified.