Abdul Wright was many things: a witty jokester and daredevil. A loyal, protective brother.
He was a burly wrestler and a tight end at South Carolina’s Hartsville High who even played soccer once for the former Urban Ministry Center of Charlotte in Edinburgh, Scotland . “He was always a party, always had this magnetic energy,” said Wright’s sister, Samella Wright.
The 52-year-old Abdul also lived with mental illness, his family said. He struggled with drugs and crime. And for the past two decades, he was chronically homeless…