Lavelle Felton was an American professional basketball player playing in the European professional basketball leagues.

He was shot and seriously wounded while in his driver's seat in a Milwaukee gas station on August 12 2009, dying of his wounds just one day later. He had a 5-year-old stepson, a 4-year-old son, and a 2-year-old daughter with his girlfriend.

Nicknamed "Velle" or "Romie", he had played in Madison High School in Milwaukee and then played college basketball with the Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

's Bulldogs

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters refer to the sports teams of Louisiana Tech University. The teams compete in Division I of NCAA sports. Since 2001, LA Tech has been a member of the Western Athletic Conference. LA Tech adopted Bulldogs as its nickname in 1900, the first of the four FBS...

 where he averaged 13.7 points and 5.1 rebounds a game in 2002-03.

He started his professional basketball career in the Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

's Büyük Kolej for 2 years, before moving on to Greece and France and finally landing in Germany playing for Paderborn Baskets club in the German Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...

, helping the club reach the playoffs.