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A Washington, D.C. teen was killed this week all because of his brand-new Jordan 11's, his mom believes.
James Anthony Smith had desperately wanted the shoes for Christmas, and so his mother paid $220 for the coveted shoes and gave the 17-year-old his Christmas gift early.
James, a sophomore at Ballou High School, wore his shoes for four days before he was shot on a basketball court at the Frederick Douglass Community Center on Monday evening.
James was found a block away, on the street, shoeless, prompting his mother, Benita Smith, to believe that whoever attacked her son did so for the sneakers.