Brandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers in action during the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns during at US Airways Center on March 21, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Trail Blazers 93-87. Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images (Photo: Christian Petersen, 2010 Getty Images) 
 
 Nathan Hale High School boys basketball coach Brandon Roy was shot while attending a party in Southern California over the weekend. 
 
 
 
 Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Joseph Williams said Wednesday that Roy, 32, was one of four men shot in Compton on Saturday. 
 
 KCBS in Los Angeles reports about 20 people, including several nieces and nephews, having a barbecue in the street. They were watching children play basketball in the 2000 block of North Nestor Avenue about 9:30 p.m. when two men walked up and opened fire without saying a word, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. 
 
 The suspects fled the area. 
 
 Roy was standing next to his six-year-old niece, according to the girl's grandmother. He put her in a bear hug and took her to the ground. In the process, he was shot in the hamstring and butt. 
 
 
 
 Williams said the other victims, who are 25, 26, and 31 years old, were shot in the upper body but suffered non-life-threatening injuries. 
 
 Roy was treated in southern California but has already returned to Washington while he recovers. 
 
 
 
 Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting, but sources tell KING 5 it could be gang-related. No arrests have been made. 
 
 
 
 Roy is from Seattle and graduated from Garfield High before playing at the University of Washington. He was a shooting guard for the Portland Trail Blazers and won the NBA's Rookie of The Year award in 2007. 
 
 He left the NBA in 2011 after knee injuries. 
 
 Roy led the Nathan Hale boy's basketball team to an undefeated season and the state title in his first year this past season. 
 
 The Trail Blazers released the following statement Tuesday: 
 
 “Like many others, we’re just learning of the injury suffered by former Trail Blazers player Brandon Roy in a shooting over the weekend in California. According to those reports, Brandon was wounded as a bystander, but is expected to recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with Brandon and his family during this time.” 
 
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 Brandon Roy, the former NBA All-Star who reemerged as the nation’s top high school basketball coach this past season, is recovering after being shot in the leg over the weekend while shielding children from gunfire outside his grandmother’s house in Southern California, according to multiple reports. 
 
 The former Portland Trail Blazers guard was reportedly an innocent bystander when gunshots erupted at a gathering outside the Los Angeles-area home “in what may be a gang-related shooting,” per Seattle’s KING 5 television news station. USA Today’s Sam Amick confirmed the local report, citing a source who said “someone opened fire randomly” and Roy shielded nearby children from the gunfire. 
 
 Roy has returned to the Seattle area and is expected to make a full recovery, KING 5 news reported. 
 
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 The 32-year-old made three All-Star appearances in his first five seasons on the Blazers before knee injuries derailed the former sixth overall pick’s career. The Washington product played five games in a comeback attempt on the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2012 before retiring from the NBA at age 28. 
 
 Amid reports of the shooting, the Blazers released the following statement late Tuesday night: 
 
 “Like many others, we’re just learning of the injury suffered by former Trail Blazers player Brandon Roy in a shooting over the weekend in California. According to those reports, Brandon was wounded as a bystander, but is expected to recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with Brandon and his family during this time.” 
 
 After years spent trying to make peace with the game that was taken from him too soon, Roy returned to the sidelines as a coach at Seattle’s Nathan Hale High this past winter, when he and several elite transfer student-athletes, including top 2017 recruit Michael Porter Jr., led the Raiders to a perfect season. Hale captured a state title and the nation’s No. 1 team ranking, as Roy took home Naismith High School Coach of the Year honors and Porter was named Naismith High School Player of the Year. 
 
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 Brandon Roy celebrates winning the Washington Class 3A state title with his players. (AP) 
 
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– A former NBA All-Star and current high-school basketball coach of the year was shot Saturday near Los Angeles while shielding a number of children from gunfire, USA Today reports. According to KING 5, Brandon Roy was attending a party at his grandmother's house in Compton when two men walked up. A source tells USA Today the men "opened fire randomly," and four people were hit. All four victims—including Roy, who was shot in the leg—had non-life-threatening injuries. Roy was treated in California before flying home to Seattle to recover. Police have not made any arrests in the shooting nor identified a motive, though a source tells KING the shooting might be gang-related. Roy was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2007 while playing for the Portland Trail Blazers. He would go on to become a three-time All-Star in his six seasons in the NBA before being forced to retire due to knee injuries. The 32-year-old was undefeated this year during his first season coaching basketball at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Yahoo Sports reports. Nathan Hale was the country's top-ranked team, and Roy won the Naismith High School Coach of the Year award.