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Lions' Tracy Walker on Death of Cousin Ahmaud Arbery: 'He Did Not Deserve That'

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Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker opened up about the death of his second cousin, Ahmaud Arbery, in an interview with Michael Rothstein of ESPN.

"He did not deserve that," Walker said of the 25-year-old Arbery, who was shot and killed while jogging during the day in Brunswick, Georgia. "And, you know, God has a plan for everybody, man, but, you know, it's tough. It is. That's why I watched it so many times. I couldn't grasp it. It's such a gruesome video you want to know why."

Walker and Arbery were high school teammates, lifelong friends and lived across the street from each other in high school.