Vigil held for Hogan Prep grad Roosevelt Cooper
On the day he was set to leave for college, an 18-year-old Hogan Preparatory Academy graduate was instead memorialized at the site of his death just one day prior. Roosevelt Cooper , a 2017 Hogan Prep graduate , was shot and killed Thursday. The 18-year-old was found about 2:45 p.m. shot inside a car in the parking lot of the Save-A-Lot store at 3410 Troost Ave. The store is near Troost and Armour Boulevard. Police have not named the teen, but family members identified him shortly after the shooting. Cooper planned to leave Friday for college at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Instead family, friends, and former teammates, coaches and teachers attended a vigil for Cooper at the site of his death. Kids like Cooper, a former coach said, are hard to find: hard-working, dedicated and tenacious. Pip Dukes, an assistant basketball coach at Hogan Prep, described Cooper as a talented student-athlete who excelled at football and basketball. He was one of the first players to j...