YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Police say an Eastern MichiganUniversity football player killed during
a possible robbery may havebeen targeted because he had on expensive-looking clothing.The Ann Arbor News
reports (http://bit.ly/J53Fs1 ) the detail is
in transcripts from a hearing in the case that it reviewed.Preliminaryexaminations for 20-year-old Ed J.
Thomas and 19-year-old Kristopher K.Pratt are scheduled for Jan. 17. They face murder charges in the
fatalshooting of Demarius Reed.The wide receiver’s roommate discoveredhis body at the bottom of a
stairwell at an off-campus apartmentcomplex on Oct. 18. Police say Reed’s wallet and cellphone were
taken.Reed was a 20-year-old communications major from Chicago.Theschool announced plans Tuesday to hire
a total of 10 new full-timepolice officers by September 2014 to boost off-campus patrols.___Information
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