CLEVELAND (AP) — A man was arrested and charged with murder Thursday night in the death of Cleveland Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah’s older brother.
Police in Hampton, Virginia, said Donald Ivan Scott has been charged with one count of murder and one count of arson.
Joshua Emmanuel Owusu-Koramoah, who played linebacker at William & Mary, was found dead inside a burned house on Tuesday. Police said the 33-year-old Scott was taken into custody in Orlando, Florida.
It’s not known what Scott’s relationship is to Owusu-Koramoah.
After learning of his brother’s death, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah returned to the U.S. from Africa, where he had hosted a youth football camp.
On Tuesday, police officers and members of the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue found Joshua’s body inside a Hampton house along with evidence of a fire inside the home.
Drew Barker, a former high school teammate of Joshua’s, said the Owusu-Koaramoah brothers, who were raised by a single mother and played sports together, were incredibly close.
“I don’t know of anyone who would be closer than those two,” Barker told AP. “And if Josh wasn’t at (a Browns game), he was watching it on TV or sending in prayers before the game and talking to him after the game.”
