Lorenzen Wright, former NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, was remembered yesterday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., as a devoted family man with a love for his 6 children and a deep affection for his community.
Wright was last seen alive on July 18 leaving his ex-wife’s house in Memphis, later his dead body was found riddled with bullets in a wooded area in Memphis on July 28.
On July 19 a call was received from Wright’s cell phone at 1:00 a.m., the caller was speaking with the dispatcher when several gun shots rang out. Police have ruled his death a homicide and an investigation is ongoing.
Friends assist Sherra Wright (below), the grieving ex-wife of the slain NBA player, as she approaches the casket during a memorial service at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. yesterday. Sherra’s home was searched by investigators on Sunday, they were focusing on a fire pit in her backyard.

Nearly six weeks before Wright was shot to death, Sherra claimed, she was confronted at her home by three gunmen who were looking for him. Fearing for her life if she spoke, she waited until Monday to tell the authorities of the incident. She has not been named a suspect in her ex-husband’s death.

Pictured here are three of Lorenzen Wright’s six children (from left): Lamar, Sofia and Lawson, grieving during his memorial service for their father yesterday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.