Drew Rainer Obituary – Death: Rhodes College has affirmed Andrew “Drew” Rainer, a senior, as the understudy shot and killed early Sunday close to the school.

“Drew’s demise is a profoundly felt misfortune to the Rhodes College family, particularly his schoolmates, companions, club siblings, workforce, staff, and the Memphis people group, where he grew up and his family actually lives,” Rhodes College Interim President Carroll D. Stevens wrote in a letter to grounds Monday. “We have been in contact with Drew’s folks and have expanded our most profound sympathies and sincere feelings.”

Memphis police affirmed the character Monday evening.

Rainer came to Rhodes from Christian Brothers High School in Memphis. He was concentrating on an English major and music minor, Stevens said. The school senior had acquired the Clarence Day Scholarship for “initiative characteristics inside and outside the study hall,” Stevens said, and was the cleric for the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.

“As the Rhodes people group laments the deficiency of Drew, we need to empower carefulness among all understudies, personnel, and staff,” Stevens said.

The break president likewise gave an expression of alert to the grounds: “simultaneously, we should take care to abstain from profiling or generalizing that would make people be dealt with distinctively on account of their race, identity, religion or different qualities. Together, we should help all individuals from the local area have a sense of security at Rhodes.”

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