Former basketball player Nate Fox fatally shot in Bloomingdale

Nate Fox (206 cm, Maine’00) was shot dead earlier this week in Bloomingdale, Illinois (40 km west of Chicago). Police received a 911 call and were sent to the 200 block of Tamarack Lane in Bloomingdale about 21:35 in the evening Monday, and found Nate Fox shot, according to a police news release. Fox was taken to Adventist Glen Oaks Medical Center in Glendale Heights, where he later was pronounced dead.

Fox, whose given name was Nathaniel, was a graduate of Plainfield High School. He received a basketball scholarship to Boston College, but later transferred to the University of Maine, where he also played. After graduating college, Nate Fox played as a professional basketball player in Europe from 2000 to 2012. He played in Portugal, Spain, Germany, Israel, Belgium, The Netherlands and Estonia. Nate Fox retired at the end of the 2011-2012 season.