The charges against Ahkil Crumpton – a former all-state and all-Catholic wide receiver for West Catholic High School who went on to play at the University of Georgia – stemmed from a 2021 slaying.
Ahkil Crumpton runs a football drill during Georgia Pro Day at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., in March 2019.A onetime NFL hopeful from Philadelphia is facing decades in federal prison after he was convicted Wednesday of a robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a Georgia convenience store clerk., 23, who was working the register at a RaceTrac gas station outside Athens, Ga., when Crumpton shot him with an illegally purchased gun.
“No matter today’s outcome, there is no returning Elijah Wood to his family and friends, who have had to endure both the pain of his loss and many unanswered questions,” said Peter D. Leary, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, in a statement responding to Crumpton’s conviction Wednesday. “Pursuing justice in this case was challenging and lengthy … I hope that today’s verdict offers some measure of justice for Elijah Wood’s family.
Though friends and former teammates told The Inquirer in April that Crumpton had always aspired to go pro, his dreams were derailed after NFL teams expressed little interest. While Wood died at the scene, Crumpton fled back to the apartment he was sharing at the time with his UGA teammate Juwan Taylor. Taylor testified at the trial that Crumpton arrived — still holding the gun — and insisting that the shooting was an accident.
It wasn’t until four months later — after Crumpton had left UGA without graduating and moved back to Philadelphia — and after the shooting outside the South Street Diner that investigators were able to link Crumpton to Wood’s death.
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