'Gilbert Goon' jock Talan Renner is seen starring in school football game DURING probe for murder of 16-year-old boy Preston Lord who was beaten to death outside party
Daily MailOne of the alleged 'Gilbert Goons' accused of beating a 16-year-old boy to death at a party was allowed to keep playing football after becoming a suspect, it has emerged. Talan Renner, one of seven teens and young men charged with Preston's murder, was awarded the honor of Player of the Game on November 17 - two weeks after Preston was assaulted Aside from police showing up at his school, there was more evidence pointing to Talan as a suspect in Preston's murder, as revealed by the police report into the case Preston was assaulted by a group at a Halloween party on October 28 Andy Litten, the coach of the opposing school, Scottsdale Horizon, in the November 17 game, told the local outlet 'the school for sure knew' about Talan's alleged involvement in the murder. The seven suspects in Preston Lord's murder from top left to bottom right: Jacob Meisner, Talan Renner, Taylor Sherman, Treston Billey, Talyn Vigil, Dominic Turner, William Owe Hines After the deadly brawl Talan wrote, 'I got in a fight, a big group fight and I accidentally killed a kid.' Talan's father Travis Renner allegedly tried hide evidence from the night of the beating and shift blame to another boy with a similar name. Police are seen trying to raid Renner's family home to execute an arrest warrant earlier this month, only to find no one there On March 7, Talan Renner's parents Becky and Travis Renner were escorted through a back exit of the Durango Juvenile Court in Phoenix as they attended their son's first appearance in court Police had to apologize earlier this month after Talan's parents Becky and Travis Renner received special valet parking services from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office cops.