Reports began circulating on Twitter Friday morning, saying that Tyreek Amir Jacobs was killed at Bethesda, Md.'s Westfield Montgomery Mall, DCist reports.
A Facebook Page, "RIP Tyreek AMIR Jacobs Got Killed For Jordan Concords" started Friday now has more than 29,000 Likes.
However, according to multiple reports, even though the death rumor was a hoax, there were numerous serious injuries across the country due to pushing, shoving and fighting at stores in cities such as Indianapolis, Atlanta, Seattle and Richmond, Calif.
As I suspected, the story of the kid getting killed over the Air Jordan 11's is a hoax bsun.md/sbPG5A (H/T @ifiremx)— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) December 23, 2011
While fortunately the Jacobs death story was not real, the Air Jordans in question have undoubtedly stirred up online and offline brouhaha. The $180 shoes are already being resold on eBay for $300 to $500.