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Minnesota Timberwolves star Naz Reid<\/strong>\u2019s older sister, Toraya Reid, was shot and killed in New Jersey.<\/p>\n Police officers in Jackson Township were called to an apartment building on Larsen Road at around 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 6, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer<\/strong> said in a press release<\/a>. Authorities found an unresponsive woman who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds near the entrance of the apartment complex. The woman was later identified as Toraya, who was 28 years old at the time of her death.<\/p>\n Additional officers responded to the scene and saw a man, who was later identified as Shaquille Green<\/strong>, running down a nearby street. Toraya and Green, 29, had been in a \u201cdating relationship,\u201d according to Billhimer.<\/p>\n \u201cGreen was taken into custody without incident and transported to Jackson Township Police Headquarters,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office wrote in the press release.<\/p>\n Green has been charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with Toraya\u2019s death. He is currently being held at the Ocean County Jail as he awaits his detention hearing.<\/p>\n In addition to Naz, 26, Toraya also had a younger sister named Jakahya<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Naz is best known for his career in the NBA playing center\/power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He has been playing for the team since 2019, while he was previously a college athlete at Louisiana State University.<\/p>\n The professional athlete had a close bond with Toraya, and he previously told Minneapolis-St. Paul<\/em> magazine<\/a> that she was very protective of him.<\/p>\n \u201cMy older sister is super protective,\u201d he said of Toraya during the 2023 interview. \u201cShe treats us like she\u2019s our parent.\u201d<\/p>\n Following her death, Naz took to his Instagram Stories<\/a> on Sunday, September 7, to share a handful of throwback photos of Toraya. One snapshot showed the siblings wearing matching red outfits, and another captured Toraya smiling as she sat next to Naz.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Jakahya took to Facebook to ask for privacy. She also admitted that she couldn\u2019t believe the situation wasn\u2019t \u201csome kind of sick joke.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe always send our condolences and say we could never imagine ourselves in that situation\u2026 and yet here I am. Facing the unimaginable. Without you by my side,\u201d she wrote, according to People<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n She added in an additional post, \u201cMy sister has a name. She is not just some girl, she\u2019s not just the NBA superstar sister. She has a name and that is Toraya Reid.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n