High school tennis star killed by alleged drunk driver weeks before graduation

A precocious schoolhouse pupil successful Southern California was killed connected Sunday aft a suspected drunk operator deed him, according to police.

The Manhattan Beach Police Department said that officers arrested 33-year-old Jenia Belt connected suspicion of DUI and execution astatine 12:46 a.m. connected Sunday, aft an idiosyncratic was recovered lying successful the thoroughfare adjacent to a car. According to Fox 11, the unfortunate was identified arsenic Braun Levi, an 18-year-old pupil astatine Loyola High School who was conscionable 1 period distant from graduation. He had planned to be the University of Virginia aft graduation.

Police are holding Belt without bail.

Levi was a elder astatine Loyola High School, wherever helium was acceptable to postgraduate successful June. He was a four-year varsity starter connected the precocious schoolhouse tennis squad and is considered "one of the astir accomplished student-athletes successful programme history" aft winning a league title connected April 29, according to a societal media station by the Catholic Jesuit school.

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Braun Levi was killed by an alleged drunk operator connected Sunday morning. (@braun.levi/Instagram)

The precocious schoolhouse senior, successful summation to his information connected the tennis team, was besides an eventual squad captain, pupil assembly member, volleyball squad manager, and more.

The Loyola High School athletics section paid tribute to Levi successful a societal media station connected Sunday.

"We are heartbroken to stock the quality of the passing of Loyola High School senior, Braun Levi," the school's athletics section wrote. "His lovable personality, infectious smile, and boundless vigor made him a beloved subordinate of the Loyola community. He was a existent Man for and With Others, and we volition miss him dearly. We emotion you, Braun."

Braun's decease comes astatine a clip erstwhile his parents precocious mislaid their location successful the Palisades fire, forcing them to relocate to South Bay, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Braun was a elder astatine Loyola High School. (@braun.levi/Instagram)

Braun's friends showered his Instagram leafage with touching messages aft helium died.

"Anyone who got to cognize you knows however fortunate they are. You ne'er met a stranger, and near an interaction connected everyone you met. I’m going to unrecorded and emotion arsenic large arsenic you each day. You ticker the fam from heaven, and I’ll support an oculus connected them down here. Shotgun 1 for maine up successful heaven. Love you Brauny," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

Loyola High School main Jamal Adams spoke highly of Braun successful a connection to unit and students Sunday.

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Braun was acceptable to be the University of Virginia aft graduation. (@braun.levi/Instagram)

"Braun was a shining beingness successful our Loyola family…bringing light, joy, and inspiration to everyone helium touched," Adams wrote.

A supplication vigil was held connected Sunday evening successful remembrance of Braun.